Milos will have his chance against Rafael Nadal once more on the hard courts of Tokyo tonight.\u00a0 Their match will be up second following the match between Matthew Ebden (AUS) and David Ferrer (ESP), so it will probably be after 1 am Eastern, in the wee hours of Thurs, 6 October,<\/strong> before Milos and Rafa make their way out onto the court.\u00a0 Perhaps this isn't so bad for those in Western Canada, but for us out east, it's probably too late to watch and be functional the next morning at work...<\/p>\n UPDATE: Sportsnet has picked up coverage of the Rakuten Japan Open for the Raonic vs. Nadal match. It will be shown on Sportsnet One and streaming online at sportsnet.ca<\/a> beginning at 1AM ET, October 6.<\/strong><\/p>\n Milos lost to Rafa last year in the same round in the ATP 500 tournament in Tokyo, the round of 16, with a scoreline of 6-4, 6-4 (head-to-head<\/a>).\u00a0 See a few videos of last year's action here<\/a> and here<\/a>\u00a0(the first video includes interview footage and the second is the ATP highlight reel posted to Youtube by Tennis Canada<\/a>).<\/p>\n Raonic (CAN)\u00a0and Andujar (ESP) lost their first round doubles match today against Jamie and Andy Murray (GBR) 7-5, 6-7(2), 10-6 today (October 5th).\u00a0 It was a close match judging by the scoreline and given the opponents I would be surprised if this were any blow to Milos' confidence for the rest of the tournament.<\/p>\nMilos Raonic and Pabo Andujar lose to the Murrays in doubles play in Tokyo<\/h4>\n
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