Canada's Raonic advances to final of Thailand Open tennis Milos Raonic of Canada advanced to the finals of the Thailand Open tennis tournament on Saturday with a three-set victory over Richard Gasquet of France. The No. 3-seeded Canadian will now face No. 1 seed Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic in the final. Raonic lost the first set to Gasquet but rallied for a 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 victory over the No. 2-seeded Frenchman who had eliminated him in a marathon match at the recent U.S. Open. Gasquet was the defending champion in this tournament. Raonic made a strong recovery after being out-played by Gasquet in the first set. "There are things I must do better for sure," said the world No. I competed well but he played better (in the first set) and had more opportunities. The hard-serving Raonic hit 23 aces and broke Gasquet once in each of the second and third sets. Gasquet had defeated Raonic in five sets at the US Open fourth round as Raonic fired 39 aces in the loss. Raonic is into his third final of the season and his ninth overall. Berdych advanced with a 6-7 (5), 6-2, 7-5 over Gilles Simon of France. With files from The Associated Press