Hello and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE coverage of the evening session of Day Five of the 2018 US Open. The session on the brand-new Louis Armstrong stadium begins tonight with Canadian big-server Milos Raonic, who faces wildcard Stan Wawrinka. This is Ryan Bailey (@ryanjaybailey) taking you through all the action from this third-round tie! m
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M. Raonic (25)
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Updated 01/09/2018 at 02:05 GMT
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RAONIC 7-6(6) 6-4 6-3 WAWRINKA: Raonic wins in straight sets!
The Canadian gradually pulled away from his opponent and played a very intellgient match. A worthy winner.
In the fourth round, we will see two of the best serves in the game on the same court as Raonic will take on John Isner.
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RAONIC 7-6(6) 6-4 5-3 WAWRINKA: Ranoic holds with some excellent serve-and-vollye points.
Wawrinka will now serve to stay in the match.
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RAONIC 7-6(6) 6-4 4-2 WAWRINKA: Raonic plays a dropshot that seems to stop dead on the right side of the net for game point!
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RAONIC 7-6(6) 6-4 3-2 WAWRINKA: Raonic breaks again! That one may have sealed Wawrinka's fate.
The simple fact is that the Canadian is taking his opportunities tonight and the Swiss is not.
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RAONIC 7-6(6) 6-4 2-2 WAWRINKA: Raonic hits an ace on game point to hold. The Canadian has frustrated his opponent with his huge serves and has converted more of his opportunities tonight.
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RAONIC 7-6(6) 6-4 WAWRINKA: The Canadian wins the second set, closing it out with an unreturnable serve.
Wawrinka has only come back from two sets down six times in his career.
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RAONIC 7-6(6) 5-4 WAWRINKA: Raonic earns the break and serves for the set. He goes 15-0 up with a sensational crosscourt forehand.
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RAONIC 7-6(6) 3-4 WAWRINKA: An ace for Stan for the hold! No sign of a break in this set yet.
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RAONIC 7-6(6) 2-3 WAWRINKA: Stan holds as Milos hits his forehand return attampt wide.
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RAONIC 7-6(6) 1-2 WAWRINKA: Three games into the second set and three holds. Wawrinka barely gives Raonic a look-in as he makes it 2-1. The Canadian is famed for his big serve, but Stan is doing an equally good job with his.
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RAONIC 6-6(7-6) WAWRINKA: Milos wins the last four points of the breaker to take the set!
Stan paid the price for failing to take his chances in that one.
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RAONIC 6-6(6-6) WAWRINKA: Wawrinka has two set points - he wasstes the first with a long forehand... then does the same with the second!
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RAONIC 6-6(3-4) WAWRINKA: Raonic brings it back to three-a-piece and then breaks serve as the Swiss delivers a weak second serve...
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RAONIC 6-6(0-3) WAWRINKA: Stan's two biggest serves of the match come in the breaker. Timing.
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RAONIC 6-6(0-1) WAWRINKA: What a poujtn from Wawrinka! The Canadian puts a dropshot to the left of court and the Swiss covers the whole width to reach it and bury it to break serve!
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RAONIC 6-6 WAWRINKA: Raonic puts a forehand return into the net and Wawrinka wins the game to love.
We're going to a breaker!
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RAONIC 6-5 WAWRINKA: An excellent repsonce from Raonic, who fights back from break point to take the game.
It remains a very evenly matched affair.
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RAONIC 5-5 WAWRINKA: Raonic fends off break point with a successful serve-and-volley!
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RAONIC 5-5 WAWRINKA: Wawrinka hits a beauty of a one-handed backhand and finishes the point for 40-0 with a volley. He wins the game to love and has looked very comfortable on his service games.