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Raonic may miss Rogers Cup

Milos Raonic is expected to make a full recovery after undergoing hip surgery for the injury sustained at Wimbledon.

It will take at least 6 weeks before Raonic is back in form and playing competitively again. This means he may not be ready in time for the Rogers Cup in Montreal this August. It appears the injury was worse than we had initially thought.

Read more here.

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…but Milos won’t be heading to Ecuador

Despite being nominated to the team, Milos Raonic will not travel to Ecuador to compete for Canada in the Davis Cup Group I tie.

The announcement was made by Tennis Canada today, and it looks like Peter Polansky will be taking Milos' spot on the team. We were hopeful that Raonic would be well enough to play for Canada next week, but he is still undergoing examinations for the hip injury sustained during his second round match at Wimbledon.

It goes without saying that this is a bummer, but we will still be following the Canadian Davis Cup team as they take on Ecuador for a chance to make the World Group. Ecuador leads 5-1 head-to-head, although we have a good chance of improving that record in July.

It is unclear when we will see Raonic in action again, but hopefully he will be fit for the Rogers Cup in Montreal this August. There will be a lot of eager Canadian tennis fans looking to catch a glimpse of Milos bombing serves on a hard court this summer.

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Raonic named to Davis Cup team

For the upcoming Group I match with Ecuador, Canada's Davis Cup team will include Daniel Nestor, Vasek Pospisil, Philip Bester, and Milos Raonic.

There was speculation that Raonic might not have been able to play Davis Cup this July due to the injury he suffered in his second round match at Wimbledon last week. That he has been named to the team is obviously great news. What's more, Daniel Nestor will be able to play this round after missing the tiebreaker with Mexico earlier this year. Vasek Pospisil has kept his spot on the team, with Philip Bester rounding out the squad.

Read more about the Davis Cup team here.

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Milos Raonic Injury Update (good news)

Raonic positive about return to practicing in the "very near future"

Milos has said his injury seems to be "strained ligaments" around his hip and that he is going through further testing in order to be sure there is nothing more complicated or serious that should prevent or delay his return, according to Tennis Canada news release.  He is "looking forward" to the Davis Cup tie with Ecuador, set for 8-10 Jul, and sees a return to practice in the "very near future".

The Canadian Davis Cup team still has some time before they need to submit their team roster for the tie, and we will all be hoping to see Milos on the roster, perhaps even with Nestor in doubles as a preview of our new Canadian Olympic medal hopefuls.  Canada's Davis Cup record with Ecuador is 1-5, we will hope to improve it...

Luckily perhaps, July is not a terrible month to miss if you have to miss one as far as the ATP tour is concered.  Many of the tournaments in July are on the clay, so while it would be great practice it's not surface where we'd expect the best results, and they are all at the 250-point level except for one.

If Milos' injury is even more serious and keeps him out into August it would be very unfortunate for Canadian tennis fans who are hoping to see him in Montréal for the Masters 1000 series Rogers Cup starting on August 8th.  While Milos did play in last year's Roger's Cup, there is no doubt he has earned a lot more fans in Canada since who will be paying much more attention to his fortunes there.  Also in August is another Masters 1000 series tourney in Cincinnati, another part of the US Open series leading up to that Grand Slam starting at the end of the month.

Milos' Wimbledon injury

During his 2nd round match at Wimbledon on Wed, 22 Jun, Milos slipped on the grass and was not able to continue due to the pain and suspected seriousness of his injury.  See video from TSN coverage here.

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TSN to stream Milos Raonic’s first round match online

from TSN.ca

TSN has confirmed that they will be streaming Milos' opening round match versus Fabio Fognini online starting at 7 am Eastern Time (noon in London).  Milos will be up first on Court 14.

Try this link to find the stream: http://watch.tsn.ca/tennis/

There will probably be a number of streams - I remember there were up to 3 at a time during the Aussie Open, so one of the streams to select on the bottom should be of Court 14 tomorrow... bright and early.

There were no specific indications of coverage of the other Canadians, with Wozniak's match followed by Dubois' for the 3rd and 4th match on court 5 (probably starting around 12 noon Eastern) and Marino on court 6 for the 3rd match (probably starting at 1 pm Eastern Time).

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Wimbledon Preview

After many rainy days of qualifying at Wimbledon, Canadians Frank Dancevic and Aleksandra Wozniak have earned their places in their respective singles draws. Having lost her final qualifying match, Stephanie Dubois will be entered into the main draw as a lucky loser after the withdrawal of Kim Clijsters.

Dancevic is in the bottom quarter of the draw along with Söderling and Djokovic, and will face Brazilian Ricardo Mello in the first round. Mello leads 1-0 head-to-head, winning their only meeting back in 2007. Wozniak and Dubois are both in the same quarter section of the Ladies' singles draw, and haven't been drawn up against any top seeds in the first round. Wozniak could potentially meet (6) Francesca Schiavone in the second round should Aleksandra win her opening match against Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE). Dubois will face American Irina Falconi in her first round match.

More on the Canadian qualifiers here.

Seeded No.31, Milos Raonic's first round opponent will be Fabio Fognini (ITA), a quarter-finalist at the French Open this year.

Raonic and Fognini have yet to meet at the ATP or Grand Slam level. Fognini is primarily a clay court player, so Milos should be able to use his weapons on grass to hit Fognini off the court. Looking ahead in the draw, Raonic would face the winner of Gilles Muller and Tommy Haas if he advances to the second round. More notably is the possible third round match-up with (1) Rafael Nadal, which is a scenario we're all hoping to see play out on the grass. The two have played before, and Nadal had nothing but good things to say about Raonic afterwards.

Rebecca Marino will face Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT) in her first round match at Wimbledon.

Raonic and all the Canadian women will be in action on Monday, and they are all scheduled to play on the outer courts. TSN will have complete coverage of Wimbledon starting at 7AM ET on Monday morning, but since the Canadians aren't playing on any of main show courts I doubt we'll be seeing much of them on TV. Not sure if there will be streaming options for watching specific courts.

Good luck to all five Canadians!

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