{"id":3346,"date":"2018-01-16T16:00:50","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T16:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=3346"},"modified":"2018-01-16T12:01:32","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T12:01:32","slug":"canadian-tennis-players-mixed-day-2018-australian-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/canadian-tennis-players-mixed-day-2018-australian-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Tennis Players Have A Mixed Day At The 2018 Australian Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The 2018 Australian Open<\/a> started this week and most Canadian tennis players had tough opponents in the opening round. Canadian tennis fans were pinning their hopes on their two biggest stars in Milos Raonic<\/strong> who entered the tournament as the 22 seed and young Denis Shapovalov<\/strong> who had a great year in 2017. <\/p>\n

Milos Raonic<\/a> is still considered by many to be Canada\u2019s best tennis player in the men\u2019s division even though his ranking has dropped from number 3 in 2016 to number 24 in 2018. <\/p>\n

He was one of the Canadian players who was supposed to have an easy first round as he was facing unseeded Slovakian Luk\u00e1\u0161 Lacko<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Raonic who skipped the 2017 U.S Open due to wrist injury did not look his usual self and Lacko was quick to seize his opportunity and cause a major upset by eliminating Raonic in the first round, winning 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 (4)<\/em>. This was the first time in 7 years that Raonic has lost in the first round of a grand slam. His last first round eliminated was in the 2011 French Open.<\/p>\n

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