MILOS RAONIC REACHES FIRST CAREER CHALLENGER FINAL

Written by: Staff on 3rd August 2010

MILOS RAONIC REACHES FIRST CAREER CHALLENGER FINAL |

Montreal, July 31, 2010 – It’s down to the final two at the $50,000 Granby National Bank Challenger and Milos
Raonic (Thornhill, ON) will star in Sunday’s championship singles match.
Raonic earned his spot in the final thanks to a hard fought 6-2, 2-6, 7-6(5) victory over Japan’s Go Soeda,
ranked no. 113 in the world and seeded second in the tournament. Raonic once again dominated on serve,
firing 15 aces and he came from behind in the third set tiebreak to come away with the win. On Sunday, he will
go up against top-seeded Tobias Kamke of Germany, ranked no. 102 on the ATP World Tour rankings. With his
triumph in the semifinals, Raonic, who has won two ITF Futures titles this season, advances to the first
Challenger final of his young career.
Meanwhile, Frank Dancevic (Niagara Falls, ON) was forced to retire with an injury against Kamke in Saturday ‘s
second semifinal. He dropped the first set 6-2 and called it a day trailing 0-1 in the second set. Dancevic
suffered a bad cut on his leg after colliding with a scoreboard last week in Atlanta and was unsure whether he
would be able to play this week.
Saturday’s semifinals, featuring a pair of Canadian players, were contested in front of a sold out crowd in
Granby. Sunday’s singles final will get underway at 1 p.m. For all of the latest news, results and information
from the Granby National Bank Challenger, please visit www.challengergranby.ca
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