Saturday, 27 March 2021

Raonic Races Into Third Round

Milos Raonic made a fast start to his 10th Miami Open presented by Itau campaign on Saturday, when he overpowered Jordan Thompson 6-2, 6-1 to reach the third round.

The Canadian won 22 of his 23 first-serve points to improve to 8-1 in second-round matches in Miami. Raonic has reached the third round in each of the past eight editions of the ATP Masters 1000 event. The 6’5” right-hander’s only second-round defeat in Miami came on his tournament debut in 2011.

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Raonic improved to 15-6 at the Florida tournament. The World No. 19 has reached the quarter-finals in Miami on three occasions (2014, ’16, ’18).

The 30-year-old will face Ugo Humbert or Joao Sousa in the third round. Raonic owns a 1-0 ATP Head2Head record against Humbert and is unbeaten in four matches against Sousa.



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