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Daily Snapshot: London Day Five

Missed a moment of the action on Thursday at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals? Here’s your executive summary: 1) Raonic Rolls Into Semi-Finals With fourth seed Milos Raonic and eighth seed Dominic Thiem battling each other for a place in the final four, it was the Canadian who came out on top in a tight 7-6(5), 6-3 victory. Raonic had never won a match at The O2 prior to this week. Read Match Report Raonic's Serve +1 strategy of following up his big serves with a forehand proved to be particularly effective. With the Canadian's first serve averaging 125mph, he consistently kept the Austrian on his back foot and gave him few opportunities to control the match. Read Brain...

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Raonic Beats Thiem To Reach SFs

Milos Raonic qualified for the semi-finals of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, at The O2 in London, in second place from Group Ivan Lendl on Thursday night. The fourth seed ended the campaign of eighth seed and first-time qualifier Dominic Thiem 7-6(5), 6-3 to win their second meeting of the season (also Cincinnati), and improved to a 2-1 record in round-robin play. Both players started in confident fashion – with Raonic hitting 10 winners and losing just two of his service points through his first three service games. There were no break points through to the tie-break. Raonic opened up a 2/0 lead, then lost four straight points as Thiem exploited the Canadian’s weaker backhand wing. But Raonic recovered,...

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