{"id":2128,"date":"2012-09-03T15:33:51","date_gmt":"2012-09-03T18:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/milosraonic.ca\/blog\/?p=2128"},"modified":"2012-09-03T23:27:12","modified_gmt":"2012-09-04T02:27:12","slug":"milos-raonic-versus-andy-murray-september-3rd-us-open-2012-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/milosraonic.ca\/blog\/2012\/09\/03\/milos-raonic-versus-andy-murray-september-3rd-us-open-2012-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Murray defeats Milos Raonic &#8211; September 3rd, US Open 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3>Update: Match starts at 7:30 on Ashe, Williams sisters bumped to Armstrong for their doubles match.<\/h3>\n<p>http:\/\/twitter.com\/MilosRaonicBlog\/status\/242740545145942016<\/p>\n<h3>The Milos Raonic Canada Fan Blog on Twitter @MilosRaonicBlog<\/h3>\n<p>So, when I'm able, I tweet and retweet interesting stuff about Milos and tennis. Also, during matches I'm able to watch (I <em>do<\/em> have to do actual work sometimes...) I'l add my own 2 cents about what's going on.<\/p>\n<p>I usually tweet something when I create a post on the site of any significance (as solely determined by me).<\/p>\n<p>So, if you want, follow me @MilosRaonicBlog !<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/twitter.com\/MilosRaonicBlog\/status\/242720376218611712<\/p>\n<h3>Milos Raonic will take on Andy Murray tonight under the lights at Arthur Ashe Stadium, the 4th round match we've been waiting for...<\/h3>\n<h4>Raonic's Post-Match Press:<\/h4>\n<p>After his win on Saturday versus James Blake (USA), Raonic had this to say:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1Rz50Y6u9nY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>Murray's Post-Match Press:<\/h4>\n<p>Andy Murray had this to say bout his win over Feliciano Lopez of Spain, and the much-anticipated 4th-round match with Milos:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b7MMRfgHC-Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>Bonus... A try-out of a \"Google+ hangout\" by US Open, a Q &amp; A between Milos and fans:<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5ZCLODnN_bA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>History<\/h4>\n<p>Of course, Raonic and Murray have met once before on tour, and Milos' victory in the Barcelona Quarter-Finals in April, earlier this year, is his biggest win to date (in terms of rankings) and was very exciting.<\/p>\n<p>Read the comprehensive \"Canada Fan Blog\" post from that match here (remember when multi was talking about the \"claymentum\"): <a href=\"http:\/\/milosraonic.ca\/blog\/2012\/04\/27\/milos-rolls-into-semis-in-barcelona\/\">http:\/\/milosraonic.ca\/blog\/2012\/04\/27\/milos-rolls-into-semis-in-barcelona\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It wouldn't be fair to post a highlight reel from that match in Barcelona, so here's the whole thing for your enjoyment... it deserves to be watched again (found it in English on YouTube!):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/By5zMoUPmsE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Press wrote a nice article, worth a read from the Globe and Mail: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/sports\/more-sports\/raonics-confidence-high-before-us-open-fourth-round-match-against-murray\/article4515059\/\" target=\"_blank\">\"Raonic\u2019s confidence high before U.S. Open fourth-round match against Murray\"<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>How can we watch<\/h4>\n<p>Unfortunately, for Canadians looking to watch Milos, it can be frustrating.\u00a0 If you happened to be an American and wanted to watch all of Raonic's matches in their glorious entirety, it would be easy, just slide on over to USOpen.org and pick which court you want to watch.\u00a0 In Canada, TSN (really, Bell) owns all the rights, so USOpen.org is blocked.\u00a0 TSN chooses only to stream certain matches, on certain courts, and won't stream the Milos match, apparently, if it will partly be shown during their regular coverage.\u00a0 This is extremely annoying, since even though there are cameras on so many courts, you have no legitimate way to watch them as Canadians.\u00a0 That sucks, and I encourage you to inform TSN of your frustrations somehow...<\/p>\n<p>Anyways, to pretend to be an American on the Internet, you can use Tomaso's method he posted in an earler thread (assuming USOpen.org hasn't blocked the IPs):<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/1.gravatar.com\/avatar\/53f0b8c5f618d32e479e4e97d6251739?s=36&amp;d=http%3A%2F%2F1.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D36&amp;r=G\" alt=\"\" width=\"36\" height=\"36\" \/><\/div>\n<div><strong>Tomaso<\/strong><br \/>\n<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/milosraonic.ca\/blog\/2012\/08\/30\/raonic-v-mathieu\/#comment-6034\">September 1st, 2012 - 17:58<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Not sure what\u2019s happening right now [Saturday, Sept 1 11am EDT] but just in case \u201ctechnical means\u201d are necessary to view today\u2019s online (and perhaps for future reference) one option is Hotspotshield &gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/download.cnet.com\/hotspot-shield\/?tag=mncol;1\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/download.cnet.com\/hotspot-shield\/?tag=mncol;1<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/download.cnet.com\/Sandboxie\/3000-2144_4-10371434.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/download.cnet.com\/Sandboxie\/3000-2144_4-10371434.html<\/a> &lt; and always run Hotspotshield from inside a sandboxed browser.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/1.gravatar.com\/avatar\/53f0b8c5f618d32e479e4e97d6251739?s=36&amp;d=http%3A%2F%2F1.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D36&amp;r=G\" alt=\"\" width=\"36\" height=\"36\" \/><\/div>\n<div><strong>Tomaso<\/strong><br \/>\n<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/milosraonic.ca\/blog\/2012\/08\/30\/raonic-v-mathieu\/#comment-6035\">September 1st, 2012 - 18:03<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sorry: links above ran together, messed up second half of message. You may also want to install Sandboxie &gt;&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/download.cnet.com\/Sandboxie\/3000-2144_4-10371434.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/download.cnet.com\/Sandboxie\/3000-2144_4-10371434.html<\/a> &lt;&lt; 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.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e83a00e8f17e9473c26419d681f21b57?s=36&amp;d=http%3A%2F%2F0.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D36&amp;r=G\" alt=\"\" width=\"36\" height=\"36\" \/><\/div>\n<div><strong>wacb<\/strong><br \/>\n<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/milosraonic.ca\/blog\/2012\/08\/30\/raonic-v-mathieu\/#comment-6039\">September 1st, 2012 - 21:06<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Thank-you Tomaso! There are paid VPN\/Proxy services too for those who don\u2019t want the ads. I hear StrongVPN and HideMyAss are good ones\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The other option is to google \u201clive stream sports\u201d or some similar search strings to find a live stream. Of course, take precautions to isolate your browser, as Tomaso suggests, when you\u2019re dealing with sites which have \u201cpoor\u201d reputations\u2026<\/p>\n<p>--wacb<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update: Match starts at 7:30 on Ashe, Williams sisters bumped to Armstrong for their doubles match. http:\/\/twitter.com\/MilosRaonicBlog\/status\/242740545145942016 The Milos Raonic Canada Fan Blog on Twitter @MilosRaonicBlog So, when I&#8217;m able, I tweet and retweet interesting stuff about Milos and tennis. Also, during matches I&#8217;m able to watch (I do have to do actual work sometimes&#8230;) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/milosraonic.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2128"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/milosraonic.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/milosraonic.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/milosraonic.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/milosraonic.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2128"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/milosraonic.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2130,"href":"http:\/\/milosraonic.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2128\/revisions\/2130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/milosraonic.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/milosraonic.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/milosraonic.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}