{"id":5560,"date":"2019-01-22T04:13:37","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T04:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?p=5560"},"modified":"2019-01-22T04:13:37","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T04:13:37","slug":"milos-raonic-advances-to-quarterfinals-at-australian-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/milos-raonic-advances-to-quarterfinals-at-australian-open","title":{"rendered":"Milos Raonic Advances to Quarterfinals at Australian Open –"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Milos Raonic returns the ball during his match against Alexander Zverev during their match at the Australian Open.<\/p><\/div>\n

Milos Raonic has advanced to the quarterfinals at this year\u2019s Australian Open after defeating Alexander Zverev in three sets.<\/p>\n

Milos Raonic<\/a> had anything but an easy time at the Australian Open<\/a> starting with an opening round against Nick Kyrgios and drawing Stan Wawrinka, a three time Grand Slam winner for the second round. Round three wasn\u2019t any easier after learning he was to play Alexander Zverev, all this just to make it to the final 16. Raonic managed to come out on top in all three matches defeating Zverev 6-1, 6-1, 7-6 to advance to the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

Raonic, a Thornhill, Ontario native faced a difficult path in his quest to win and now will face France\u2019s Lucas Pouille on Wednesday. The challenged didn\u2019t go unnoticed by Robert Bettauer, a tennis analyst who commented,<\/p>\n

“Tough draws can go one of two ways. You can lose early and bow out or you can work your way through it and then you become very tough to beat in the tournament.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Melbourne was one that pushed the star Canadian, and that began in the first round after drawing Kyrgios, an Australian player who once ranked 13th. The crowd was clearly behind Kyrgios, but the Aussie did not prove much of a challenged to the No. 17 ranked Raonic.<\/p>\n

Raonic then struggled to defeat Wawrinka in the second round taking more than four hours before earning the win, and then made quick work of Pierre-Hugues Herbert to advance to his showdown against Zverev.<\/p>\n

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