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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.

stats from USOpen.org

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