September 2nd:<\/p>\n
39 aces, over a hundred winners, 207 total points won to Gasquet's 195, about four and a half grueling, humid hours, but Milos Raonic was eliminated from the US Open by a scoreline of 6-7(4), 7-6(4), 2-6, 7-6(9), 7-5 for Richard Gasquet. Gutwrenching to watch. Apparently this was the longest match of this year's US Open so far...<\/p>\n
On to Serbia for Davis Cup! If we thought this was intense.....<\/p>\n
August 31st:<\/p>\n
Milos is scheduled to play Richard Gasquet 3rd up on Louis Armstrong court. There is a ladies match and a doubles match before him, and they start at 11am EDT, so his match will probably start between 2 and 3 pm Eastern...<\/p>\n
Milos Raonic def. Feliciano Lopez:<\/p>\n
More of the same, come on round of 16!<\/p>\n
\"@NewBalanceCan: On to the Rd of 16 for #TeamNB's @milosraonic at the #USOpen after beating Lopez 6-7, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4. Will face winner of Gasquet v Tursunov.\"<\/p>\n
August 31st, again:<\/p>\n
Some tweets to share with you regarding Milos' ongoing match with Feli Lopez (below). Currently a set a piece with Milos up an early break in the 3rd set.<\/p>\n
\"@SocialKeenan: Crowd on 17 seems 70-30 Milos-Feli and Davis Cup atmosphere! #teamcanada @MilosRaonicBlog @milosraonic @usopen #usopen #raonic\"<\/p>\n
\"@SocialKeenan: This is awesome. Feli's camp has changed locations because they don't want to sit behind us! @usopen Go Milos! @MilosRaonicBlog\"<\/p>\n
August 31st:<\/p>\n
Milos Raonic vs. Feliciano Lopez is 2nd on Court 17 following a Women's singles match. He'll probably start around 1pm EDT or a little before that.<\/p>\n
Nestor continues to impress on the eve of Canada's Davis Cup tournament, winning Mixed and Men's doubles yesterday. He and Pospisil have the day off before facing the Bryan Brothers tomorrow. Here's an excerpt from a quick interview Tom Tebbutt was able to get with the doubles championship yesterday: <\/p>\n
\"Tom: Do you think that the whole idea of possibly playing the Bryans in the next round made you tight in the first set?<\/p>\n
Daniel: No, where the heck do you get this stuff from? What the heck does that have to do with anything?<\/p>\n
Security guy: (To Tom) Excuse me\u2026back off.<\/p>\n
Daniel: (interceding on my part). It\u2019s okay.<\/p>\n
Tom: (to the security guard) He does that to me all the time, don\u2019t worry.<\/p>\n
Daniel: Bad question, that\u2019s why I got mad. Forget that question.<\/p>\n
Tom: Obviously Vasek (in his singles) had a chance to play Nadal and he was sort of thinking ahead and it\u2019s the same sort of thing.<\/p>\n
Daniel: Vasek playing Nadal is a little different than me playing the Bryans after 50 times.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tom: How do feel about you two playing against them?<\/p>\n
Daniel: I think Vasek\u2019s playing great \u2013 so why not? Obviously we have to play our best match but nothing\u2019s impossible.\u00a0\"<\/p>\n
----full text: Tebbutt: Roger and Joe diMaggio<\/a><\/p>\n August 30th:<\/p>\n Check out Tennis Canada's Tom Tebbutt's post about Canadians in action yesterday:<\/p>\n \"There have been a few sketchy performances by Milos Raonic over the past few weeks, but he was reassuringly solid in defeating Pablo Andujar 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 in the second round of the US Open on Thursday night.<\/p>\n When it was put to him after his two hour and two-minute win on the Grandstand that it was indeed a \u201creal Raonic match,\u201d \u2013 he agreed.\"<\/p>\n Tebbutt: A Real Raonic Match<\/a><\/p>\n August 29th, update:<\/p>\n Milos played great today, aggression, consistency, confidence, precision on those shots down the line, combined with the most powerful serves at the US Open. 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 for Milos in just over 2 hrs, very encouraging.<\/p>\n Nestor and Pospisil won their first-round doubles match today as well, also encouraging; their first Major match-win and excellent Davis Cup practice!<\/p>\n Here's a story from TSN, but best to check out Tom Tebbutt's report, which he's promised first thing in the morning:<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/tennis\/story\/?id=430736<\/p>\n THURSDAY US OPEN BLOG - will be up first thing in a.m. Friday EDT.
Milos pics and all the Canadians.
Bon soir from NYC.<\/p>\n — Tom_Tebbutt (@tomtebbutt) August 30, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n