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Milos Rising: Raonic Ousts Dimitrov

If his efforts since the start of 2018 had not shown enough, Canadian Milos Raonic loudly and clearly announced his return to form on Tuesday evening. The 27-year-old earned his first Top 10 win since Brisbane in 2017 (d. Nadal) with an impressive 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 triumph against reigning Nitto ATP Finals champion Grigor Dimitrov at the Mutua Madrid Open. "I played well. Created a lot of opportunities, made the most of a few of them," Raonic said. "Overall a very positive level and a positive performance for me." Raonic struggled throughout 2017 with various injuries. But the World No. 24, who made the semi-finals at Indian Wells and the quarter-finals at Miami earlier this year, earned his second Top...

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Coric Beats Carreno Busta; Haase Wins 200th Match

Borna Coric competed with great confidence on Tuesday to beat ninth-seeded Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta 6-4, 6-2 at the Mutua Madrid Open in one hour and 22 minutes. The Croatian won five straight games from 3-4 in the first set en route to his second straight win over the World No. 11, who he also beat in the first week of 2018 at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open. Coric, who broke Carreno Busta’s serve on three occasions, was serving at 5-2, 15/15 in the second set when heavy rain began to fall at the Caja Magica at 4:19 p.m. local time, which left courtside spectators on Court Manolo Santana scurrying back to seats higher up under the roof. After a 40-minute...

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