MIAMI -- Canadian Milos Raonic put up a fight but could not earn the upset as top seed Rafael Nadal recovered to win their quarter-final matchup in a 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 comeback at the Sony Open Thursday.
Custom Indianapolis Colts Jerseys . The Thornhill, Ont., product cemented his return next week to the ATP top 10 as he won his first career set against Nadal after four losses in the series. Raonic rolled over slightly on his ankle as he dived for a return in the third set but appeared to shake it off near the end of the two-hour, 34 minute struggle. The Canadian was held to eight aces and one break for serve from just three chances. He had 28 winners to Nadals 26. Raonic and Nadal duelled for 52 minutes in a tight opening set. The only true opening came in the final game. Nadal lost his first career set against Raonic as he sent over a perfect stop volley which dropped dead near Nadals net, giving the 12th seed set point while leading 5-4. Nadal put over a nervous double fault to lose the opener, his first dropped set of the tournament. But the Raonic magic began to fade in the second set after he started to lose pace on his weak second serve, with Nadal going up a double break for 4-0. Raonic contributed a pair of costly double-faults to end both of his losing games as the Spaniard took control, gathering his trademark momentum. The 23-year-old Canadian saved a break point to start the third set as the contest started to peak. Nadal got a break for 4-3 after Raonic had rallied from 0-30 down but eventually hit the next with a backhand to drop serve for the third time. Nadal held for 5-3 and earned the victory two games later, sealing his move into the semifinals on a forehand winner down the line for the first of three match points.
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Kemoko Turay Colts Jersey. The Senators, who have lost three in a row, could never catch up to Colorado.Stuart gave Colorado a 2-0 lead later in the first. Matt Duchene won a draw in the Ottawa zone and the puck came back to Stuart, whose slap shot went through traffic for his first goal in the last 65 games. Stuart had not scored since Dec. 3, 2013, when he was playing with San Jose.The Senators cut the lead to 2-1 on Mark Stones 10th goal at 3:03 of the second. It was the first goal allowed by Varlamov in 84:04 of playing time.Ottawas celebration was short-lived. Johnson beat Anderson with a shot from the point for his career-best 11th goal of the season.Establishing a new high in goals means a lot to me, especially to do it in Colorado, Johnson said. I havent had double digits since I was in St. Louis.Anderson, who allowed three goals on nine shots, gave way to Robin Lehner, who finished with 10 saves.They made good on the chances they had, Anderson said. The third goals obviously Iginla in front of me but the other ones we had our own guys in front of me who did their fair share of screening. Its frustrating, but at the same time I have to fight through that.Bobby Ryans 12th goal of the season made it 4-2 just 42 seconds after Iginlas second tally, but Briere scored less than two minutes later to restore the three-goal lead.NOTES: Senators D Marc Methot returned to the lineup after missing 13 games with a back injury. Defenceman Chris Phillips was scratched. ... Tanguay had two assists to reach 800 career points. ... Ottawa C Curtis Lazar was given the night off. Lazar led Team Canada to the gold medal at the 2015 IIHF World Junior Championships. ... Colorados Ryan OReilly had two assists.
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