Milos Raonic is the first player to move into the Miami Open presented by Itau third round courtesy of a 6-3, 7-5 victory over Viktor Troicki on Friday. ”I have to be very happy with just the outcome, that I was able to get the win today, that I have another chance to play in two days,” said Raonic. “Hopefully I can continue to progress throughout this tournament.” The third seed has returned to the ATP World Tour having been sidelined by a right leg injury, which forced him to concede a walkover in the Delray Beach Open final (vs. Sock) last month, before withdrawing from Abierto Mexicano Telcel and the BNP Paribas Open. ”I've always been the kind of...
Milos Raonic was forced to miss the BNP Paribas Open but is fully focused on performing well at the Miami Open presented by Itau. Watch live matches at tennistv.com.
Milos Raonic and south Florida go way back. The 26 year old has been stomping around tennis courts in the sun-soaked state ever since he was a teenager competing in the Orange Bowl, the prestigious international junior tournament held annually in Miami. As a teen, Raonic said, he envisioned playing at the sport's highest level in the same city, at the Miami Open presented by Itau, an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament. Few juniors make the leap from the Orange Bowl to the top of the ATP World Tour, but Raonic has more than taken that big step, which makes the next two weeks of the Miami tournament that much more special to him. “The whole experience of playing...
Top seed Milos Raonic prevailed in the match tennis fans wanted to see this week, saving a set point to defeat seventh seed Juan Martin del Potro 6-3, 7-6(6) on Saturday and reach the Delray Beach Open final. Raonic moves into his 20th tour-level final in his Delray Beach debut and improves his FedEx ATP Head2Head against del Potro to 2-1. The World No. 4 also boosts his 2017 record to 10-2 in reaching his first ATP World Tour final of the season. “You want to stay away from his forehand because he’s very dangerous from there. It was about taking time away from him and trying to get him on the backhand side,” said Raonic. “He stepped up on...
Top seed Milos Raonic weathered a stern test from eighth seed Kyle Edmund on Friday at the Delray Beach Open to advance into the final four 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Edmund showed no fear in the opening set, grabbing the lone break at 3-3 and later holding to love at 5-4 to clinch the early lead. But Raonic responded strongly as he won the final three games of the second set to level the match and broke immediately to start the deciding set. The Canadian held his slight advantage the rest of the way, comfortably closing out the match on serve to advance in one hour and 39 minutes. “I was a little bit slow off the block, got a little...
