Music: {allcanada} RAONIC TAKES ON BLAKE IN THIRD ROUND AT US OPEN ON TSN

Friday, August 31, 2012

{allcanada} RAONIC TAKES ON BLAKE IN THIRD ROUND AT US OPEN ON TSN

Milos Raonic will look to become the first Canadian in 24 years to reach the fourth round of the US Open when he takes on American James Blake in his third round match Saturday.

You can catch all the action live on TSN Saturday afternoon.

The Raonic/Blake matchup will follow third round matches between Nicolas Almagro and Jack Sock and Maria Kirilenko and Andrea Hlavackova on the Grandstand Court which begin at 11am et/8am pt.

Raonic is coming off a second round straight sets win over Paul Henri Mathieu. The Canadian used his dominant serve to fire 30 aces to advance to his first third round at the US Open.

Raonic opened his US Open with a hard-fought win over Santiago Giraldo. He struggled throughout the match with his ground strokes and was forced to rally from a set and a break down to earn the first-round victory.

The 32-year-old Blake took out 24th ranked Marcel Granollers in straight sets on route to his third round matchup with the 21-year-old from Thornhill, Ont.

Raonic defeated Blake in their only other meeting in straight sets at the SAP Open in February of 2011.