{"id":2375,"date":"2013-03-05T16:55:03","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T19:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/milosraonic.ca\/blog\/?p=2375"},"modified":"2013-03-14T18:46:45","modified_gmt":"2013-03-14T21:46:45","slug":"indian-wells-1000-bnp-paribas-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/milosraonic.ca\/blog\/2013\/03\/05\/indian-wells-1000-bnp-paribas-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Wells 1000 — BNP Paribas Open"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Draw:\u00a0\u00a0 http:\/\/www.atpworldtour.com\/News\/Tennis\/2013\/03\/10\/Indian-Wells-ATP-Draw-Preview.aspx<\/a>\u00a0 <<\n\nMilos, seeded 17th, has a bye in the first round; in the second round\u00a0he will meet the winner of M. Llodra v a Qualifier. A win in\u00a0that match will take\u00a0Milos to a third-round\u00a0meeting with\u00a0M. Cilic (12th seed) (or possibly H. Zeballos or A. Ramos). If successful vs\u00a0Cilic,\u00a0Milos' fourth-round opponent will likely be 8th seed JW. Tsonga.\n\nLast year Milos came in seeded 27th, won his second-round match in straight sets, then met Roger Federer in the third round. Milos won the first set, but Roger won the match, then went on to win the tournament, having dropped a total of only two sets.\u00a0I think it's fair to say that Milos stands a better chance this year of making it\u00a0to the fourth round (R16);\u00a0and he\u00a0could have done worse than Tsonga there as a potential opponent.\u00a0 If Milos plays Roger this year it will be at the Final.\n\nMeanwhile,\u00a0congratulations to our other Canadians who made\u00a0it Canadian Bagel Day in round one of the Quallies:\u00a0Vasek, Frank and Jesse all won their matches, all three with a 6-0 set.\u00a0>> http:\/\/www.tenniscanada.com\/index.php?title=Canadians-Perfect-on-Day-Two-in-Indian-Wells&pid=4421<\/a>\u00a0 <<\u00a0 Not so perfect in second round: Vasek through to main draw 61 62, but tough losses for Frank (36 76) and Jesse (26 57).\n\nMilos is teaming up with Feliciano Lopez for doubles; they play 3rd seed Daniel Nestor & Mahesh Bhupathi in round one.\n\n\n

TV coverage in Canada from Indian Wells will be on Sportsnet ONE, starting Saturday, March 9 from 11am to 9pm Pacific Time; see:\u00a0 \u00a0http:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/schedule\/<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 <<<\/p>\n

UPDATE (March 9) -- Milos & Lopez have just pulled off a straight-sets upset 64 76(4) over 3-seed doubles team Bhupati & Nestor [Sorry, Daniel.]\u00a0 In round 2 they will play M. Fish & J. Blake (unseeded). Meanwhile, Michael Llodra has withdrawn (hip) giving Milos a walkover to singles round 3, where he will meet A. Ramos or M. Cilic. The down-side is less match play, in preparation for what will be a tough round 3 match; hopefully the extra doubles match will make up for that.\u00a0\u00a0 [Llodra:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.sport365.fr\/tennis\/atp\/indian-wells-llodra-declare-forfait-contre-raonic-993225.shtml<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n

UPDATE (March 10) -- Milos & Fely vs Fish & Blake 3rd up on Court 7 Monday, March 11; Milos vs Marin Cilic Tuesday, March 12.<\/p>\n

UPDATE (March 11)<\/strong><\/span> -- Milos Raonic and Feliciano Lopez lost to home-country favourites tonight in 2nd rnd of doubles, Blake and Fish, in straights 6-3, 6-3.\u00a0 Milos is up tomorrow versus Marin Cilic at 2PM Eastern (EDT).\u00a0 They are the first match on Stadium 3 court, which starts at 11AM local time.\u00a0 Milos has yet to play a singles match in the tournament; his first and seconds rounds were a bye and a walkover, respectively.\u00a0 Looks like Sportsnet ONE's coverage doesn't start until 4PM EDT, so hopefully they run in tape-delay of a couple of hours or they change their schedule!\u00a0 You can always just google \"watch live tennis\" and watch it that way, if that's your only option...\u00a0 Sportsnet's schedule: <\u00a0http:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/schedule\/<\/a> ><\/p>\n

UPDATE (March 12)<\/strong><\/span> -- Milos has come out ahead of Cilic, as predicted (see comments below!). Milos dropped the first set and came back to win 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. We will have a Raonic \/ Tsonga 4th round match-up to come, sched TBD. AP article from CBC: < \u00a0http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/m\/touch\/sports\/tennis\/story\/2013\/03\/12\/sp-atp-indian-wells-milos-raonic.html<\/a> \u00a0><\/p>\n

UPDATE (March 13)<\/strong><\/span> -- Milos Raonic will take on Jo-Willy Tsonga on Stadiun Court 2 after a doubles match which begins at 11 AM local time. This should put them on court around 4PM Eastern (EDT). This should be a great match, and would set us up for an awesome QF versus Nol\u00e9 should Milos win... Go Milos!<\/p>\n

UPDATE (March 13, again)<\/strong><\/span> -- Another missed opportunity! An early break, dominant play, and Milos is up a set. Continued strong play, serving to make it 6-6, for a tie-break which he would probably win, one loose game and Tsonga is off the hook, has taken the second set 7-5. Third set, not playing as well but hanging in, heading for another tiebreak, another loose set, with DF on match point, and it's all over: Tsonga d. Raonic 46 75 64.<\/p>\n

Another update: here's a youtube vid of ATP's \"Hot Shot\" from the match. http:\/\/t.co\/gwEGu6K21i<\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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