{"id":2763,"date":"2013-09-10T01:21:39","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T04:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/milosraonic.ca\/blog\/?p=2763"},"modified":"2013-09-15T14:44:50","modified_gmt":"2013-09-15T17:44:50","slug":"davis-cup-semi-final-canada-vs-serbia-belgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/milosraonic.ca\/blog\/2013\/09\/10\/davis-cup-semi-final-canada-vs-serbia-belgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"Davis Cup Semi-Final &#8211; Canada vs. Serbia, Belgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sep 14th: This says it all:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VasekPospisil\">@VasekPospisil<\/a> and the &quot;chief&quot; get it done 10-8 in the 5th!!! Come on!!!!!!!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23boomstick&amp;src=hash\">#boomstick<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23CdnTennis&amp;src=hash\">#CdnTennis<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23GoCanada&amp;src=hash\">#GoCanada<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jesse Levine (@jesselevine7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jesselevine7\/statuses\/378949802039721984\">September 14, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>How awesome is Daniel Nestor? 21 years ago he started competing in the Davis Cup. Pospisil was two-yrs-old. Raonic was still a one-yr-old.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Caroline Cameron (@SNCaroline) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SNCaroline\/statuses\/378951221522227200\">September 14, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Unless Raonic can pull off a Miracle on Clay, this one will come down to Posipisil vs. Tipsarevic for a spot in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23DavisCup&amp;src=hash\">#DavisCup<\/a> finals.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Beyond The Baseline (@SI_BTBaseline) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SI_BTBaseline\/statuses\/378949706094632962\">September 14, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Sunday Davis Cup schedule: 8 am ET (Sportsnet), Raonic-Djokovic, then Pospisil-Tipsarevic. A Canadian win, and the world final is in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Arash Madani (@ArashMadani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArashMadani\/statuses\/378971391183581184\">September 14, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sep 13th: Milos Raonic let the match go to 5 sets, including giving Tipsarevic match points up 6-5 in the 5th, before taking that final set 10-8.  Perhaps it was just to add to the excitement... Perhaps because it was Friday the 13th.<\/p>\n<p>Here's a good pic of Milos' excitement after the match:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/2tDnIINNBu\"  alt=\"\">http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/2tDnIINNBu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/NewBalanceCan\/status\/378625782559424512<\/p>\n<p>Tom Tebbutt's Thursday posting with plenty of pics and comments regarding Team Canada and happenings at the arena in Belgrade:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tenniscanada.com\/index.php?title=TEBBUTT:-NO-MORE-GUESSING&pid=4981\"  alt=\"\">http:\/\/www.tenniscanada.com\/index.php?title=TEBBUTT:-NO-MORE-GUESSING&pid=4981<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Update, Sept 12th:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Tweet from ArashMadani, looks like Djokovic is confirmed:<\/p>\n<p>\"BREAKING: Novak Djokovic just told me he has informed Serbia Tennis that he'll play Friday. Debate is over. \"My country needs me,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arash Madani (@ArashMadani) September 12, 2013\"<\/p>\n<p>The first day's action will be Djokovic versus Pospisil, then Tipsarevic vs. Raonic.  Then, Saturday will have the Bozoljac\/Zimonjic versus Nestor\/Pospisil, followed by reverse singles on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>It's a tough ask for Pospisil, these 3 matches are big, emotionally intense 5-setters.  From what we've seen though, I have a feeling his adrenaline can carry him through it.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Canada will be behind our team, though the distances involved make it unlikely that many Canadians will make the trip to see it.  But, as Sportsnet reminds us, Nestor and Raonic were born in the former Yugoslavia (Nestor born right in Belgrade) and Pospisil and Dancevic have family connections as well (as their surnames suggest).<\/p>\n<p>\"And while it\u2019s the Serbians with home-court advantage, the Canadians won\u2019t exactly feel out of place, as each team member has a family connection to the region.\" --<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/tennis\/cameron-canada-in-new-territory-at-davis-cup\/\"  alt=\"\">http:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/tennis\/cameron-canada-in-new-territory-at-davis-cup\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daviscup.com\"  alt=\"\">DavisCup.com<\/a> for info on official live online streaming and other updates and news.<\/p>\n<p>#GoCanada !!!!!<\/p>\n<p>Update, Sept 11th:<\/p>\n<p>Looks like Novak Djokovic will be avail for the Davis Cup tie's first day.  Here's a report from Tom Tebbutt from Belgrade:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tenniscanada.com\/index.php?title=TEBBUTT:-REASSESSING-NOVAK\u2019S-PART&pid=4976\"  alt=\"\">Tebbutt: Reassessing Novak's Part<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here's a neat article about Yvon Gilbert, the string-maestro for Canada's Davis Cup team and the Rogers Cup:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/m.680news.com\/2013\/09\/11\/gilbert-pulled-strings-to-help-canada-advance-davis-cup-semifinal-against-serbia\/\"  alt=\"\">http:\/\/m.680news.com\/2013\/09\/11\/gilbert-pulled-strings-to-help-canada-advance-davis-cup-semifinal-against-serbia\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p>First off, here's a sneak peek from the twitter-verse of Milos practicing on the clay in Belgrade:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MilosRaonicBlog\/status\/377281573269569536\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/MilosRaonicBlog\/status\/377281573269569536<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looks like a new \"uniform\" for Davis Cup. Same large white maple leaf in upper left chest. Looks sharp. Sharp enough to win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-sig\">And an update from Tom Tebbutt:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tenniscanada.com\/index.php?title=TEBBUTT:-THE-BIG-HYPOTHETICAL&pid=4970\">http:\/\/www.tenniscanada.com\/index.php?title=TEBBUTT:-THE-BIG-HYPOTHETICAL&pid=4970<\/a>\u00a0 &lt;<<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sep 14th: This says it all: @VasekPospisil and the &quot;chief&quot; get it done 10-8 in the 5th!!! Come on!!!!!!!!! #boomstick #CdnTennis #GoCanada &mdash; Jesse Levine (@jesselevine7) September 14, 2013 How awesome is Daniel Nestor? 21 years ago he started competing in the Davis Cup. Pospisil was two-yrs-old. Raonic was still a one-yr-old. &mdash; Caroline Cameron [&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\/2763"}],"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=2763"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/milosraonic.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2775,"href":"http:\/\/milosraonic.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2763\/revisions\/2775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/milosraonic.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/milosraonic.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/milosraonic.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}