Raonic def. Mathieu at US Open, will play in 3rd round this weekend
Raonic ousted Paul-Henri Mathieu today with a scoreline of 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 (4) in 2 hours and 10 minutes. The match was a fairly routine win for Milos, he did face a break point late in the first set, but took care of it quickly:
http://twitter.com/MilosRaonicBlog/status/241275344617885697
You can have a look at my comments while tweeting as @MilosRaonicBlog during the match, butin general, Raonic moved well, hit well, and served well. He played aggressively to create break opportunities and followed up with conversions. He took to the net numerous times, usually successfully. Mathieu was outmatched today.
Here are some stats. Note number of aces and first serve points won.
Click here for the short article from TSN.ca
Thanks again to TSN for streaming it online at http://www.tsn.ca/live/usopentennis/ . I hope they keep up the online so we can keep track even if we're not sitting in front of our TV sets (saves us the trouble of using technical means to pretend to be Americans on the internet for the USOpen.org coverage)!
It looks increasingly like it will be James Blake waiting for Raonic in the third round, as he's currently up 2 sets to love against Granollers on Louis Armstrong Stadium. The 3rd round will be played on Saturday and Sunday for the Men's draw, with Milos most likely playing on Saturday. No timings yet, but I'll keep you posted here and on twitter at @MilosRaonicBlog.
--wacb
September 1st, 2012 - 18:03
Sorry: links above ran together, messed up second half of message. You may also want to install Sandboxie >> http://download.cnet.com/Sandboxie/3000-2144_4-10371434.html << and always run Hotspotshield from inside a sandboxed browser. If you install Hotspotshield you will want to choose NOT to install its toolbar, during installation. And only run Hotspotshield when you need it. It's ad-supported, but you can X-close ads.
September 1st, 2012 - 21:06
Thank-you Tomaso! There are paid VPN/Proxy services too for those who don’t want the ads. I hear StrongVPN and HideMyAss are good ones…
The other option is to google “live stream sports” or some similar search strings to find a live stream. Of course, take precautions to isolate your browser, as Tomaso suggests, when you’re dealing with sites which have “poor” reputations…
September 1st, 2012 - 17:58
Not sure what’s happening right now [Saturday, Sept 1 11am EDT] but just in case “technical means” are necessary to view today’s online (and perhaps for future reference) one option is Hotspotshield > http://download.cnet.com/hotspot-shield/?tag=mncol;1 http://download.cnet.com/Sandboxie/3000-2144_4-10371434.html < and always run Hotspotshield from inside a sandboxed browser.