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Milos Raonic vs Feliciano Lopez: 2015 US Open live scores

4th September, 2015
Start time: 7am (AEST)
Court: Grandstand
TV: Live and Exclusive Fox Sports 505
Overall record: Played 6, Raonic 3, Lopez 3
Last meeting: 1st round, Cincinnati, 18/08/15 - Lopez defeats Raonic 7-6, 6-4
Milos Raonic last 10 matches: won 6, lost 4
Feliciano Lopez last 10 matches: won 6, lost 4
Milos Raonic takes on the giant killing Sam Querrey in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon. (Source: Wiki Commons)
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4th September, 2015
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Two players with a very even record in the past should provide us with another close game at the 2015 US Open in the third round when Canada’s Milos Raonic takes on Spain’s Feliciano Lopez.

Join The Roar for live scores of this match from around 7am (AEST) or after the Anett Kontaveit vs Madison Brengle game on the grandstand court.

Raonic has had a very solid start to his US Open, taking out his first two matches and only losing the single set between them. His first match up was against Tim Smyczek, where apart from in the second set he wasn’t even remotely challenged.

His next match up was against Fernando Verdasco and while he lost a set Verdasco is a high calibre player and Raonic will take comfort from the fact he was able to knock him over comfortably.

Interestingly Raonic, has been knocked out in the fourth round of his previous three attempts at the US Open.

Lopez meanwhile has a long US Open history, however not a very successful one. In 13 cracks at it, he has only made it past the third round twice and been knocked out there on each of his last four cracks.

Lopez first match was against Nikoloz Basilashvili in what proved to be a dominating straight sets victory. In the second round however he was pushed a lot harder as Mardy Fish, currently ranked outside the top 500 and handed a wildcard for the event pushed it all the way to five sets.

Raonic and Lopez have faced off previously on six occasions taking three meetings each. The last time they met was in the build up to the US Open, on the hard courts of Cincinnati as Lopez put Raonic to the sword winning in straight sets.

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They have met twice in grand slams, both on the hard courts. The first of these was in the third round of the 2013 US Open where Raonic won in four sets while the other was this year at the Australian Open, Raonic again taking out the victory but this time in five sets.

The biggest factor in this match up could well be the massive serve of Raonic. While he has at times struggled to get it right, particularly when under pressure in grand slam matches if he does you would almost rate Lopez no chance.

For Lopez, he has to get Raonic off his game early by taking the first set. This will undoubtedly upset the rhythm of the Raonic serve for the rest of the match.

Prediction: This is going to be one very interesting match. Raonic for mine looks to hold the upper hand but the first set will tell us a lot. It should go all the way to five sets in a thriller.

Raonic in five sets.

Join The Roar for live scores of this third round match up of the 2015 US Open from around 7am (AEST) on Saturday Morning and don’t forget to leave your comments in the section below if you are following along with the action.

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