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Milos Raonic dismisses Carlos Berlocq in the 2nd round of Indian Wells

First Set

Milos started off the match with a bang, winning the first two game at love.  He eventually did go up another break before surrendering one of them at 5-2, eventually serving out the match on his next service game and winning the first set 6-4.

Second Set

The second set seemed destined to start like the first, with Milos putting away the first game on Carlos' serve comfortably.  In the next game though, Berlocq went up 0-40 to have three break points.  Milos saved them all before challenging a fault called on an over-rule by the chair ump.  Hawk-eye showed it was in by the slimmest measurable amount, and though the umpire and Carlos Berlocq agreed that the ball looked out, the rules are very clear that Hawk-eye wins in a challenge situation.  Berlocq seemed to melt down after that successful challenge, and Milos pit away that game and dominated the next.

Serving for the set at 5-2, Milos again faced a couple of break points before bringing it back to deuce.  He did do it right this time and put away the match, even if he did have to re-serve an ace after Berlocq finally got a challenge right!  6-4, 6-2, Milos wins convincingly with 19 aces in 1 hr 16 mins.

Next up... Newcomer of the year versus the greatest there has ever been

Roger Federer just finished his match against Denis Kudla with a similar scoreline, 6-4, 6-1.  The much anticipated match-up between Federer and Raonic will probably occur on Tuesday night.  I'll update when a more precise time is available, this is a match I'm sure you will not want to miss...

-wacb