Milos Raonic falls in marathon match at the French Open

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PARIS, FRANCE (NEWS1130) – Canadian Milos Raonic won a pair of tiebreakers but was unable to pull off the upset as he fell to 13th-seeded Juan Monaco of Argentina 6-7, 6-3, 6-7, 6-3, 6-4 in the third round of the French Open.

The 18th-seeded Raonic took the first set in a tiebreak as neither player was unable to earn a break.

Monaco pulled even in the match as he earned the first break of the day in the second set and held serve to win it 6-3.

The third set was almost a carbon-copy of the first, as once again a tiebreak was needed and just as he did in the first set, Raonic came away with the victory.

With Raonic just a set away from taking the match, Monaco earned his second break of the day in his opponents first service game of the fourth set, and then he held serve to pull even at two sets apiece.

In the fifth and deciding set Monaco looked in control from start to finish. He earned an early break once again, his third of the match, and then after a couple of scares, he was able to hold serve through the set to win the match in four hours and 33 minutes.

Raonic was unable to earn a break through all five sets of the match. He had 26 aces and 73 winners, but also hit 88 unforced errors.

Monaco will meet Rafael Nadal in the Round of 16.

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