Thornhill's Milos makes Canadian history at French Open
Awaits opponent in Round of 16

Thespec.com
By Michael Hayakawa
May 30, 2014

Milos Raonic became the first Canadian man in the Open Era to reach the Round of 16 at the French Open after defeating Gilles Simon of France 4-6, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 in Paris Friday.

The 23-year-old Thornhill resident, the tournament’s eighth seed, showed his character in overcoming a two sets to one deficit in a match that lasted more than three hours.

Serving for the match at 5-4 in the fifth set, Raonic was broken by Simon, who was ranked 30th in the ATP rankings, before regrouping to break right away at 5-5 and successfully serving out the match on his second try.

Raonic awaits the winner of the match between Marcel Granollers of Spain and Martin Klizan of Slovakia.