Milos Raonic and Vasek Pospisil advance to the second round in Shanghai - UBITENNIS

Milos Raonic and Vasek Pospisil advance to the second round in Shanghai

By sampaolo
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Milos Raonic returned to winning ways edging past Thomas Bellucci after two tie-breaks with 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-2) after early-round defeats in Montreal, Cincinnati and Beijing. The 24-year-old Canadian player dropped his serve in the opening game of the first set but h broke back in the 8th game. The first set came down to a hard-fought tie-break wher Raonic prevailed with 7-5 thanks to his serve. Both players held their serve in the second set until the tie-break. Raonic raced out to 4-0 lead with two mini-breaks en route to winning the set with 7-2. Raonic will face Roberto Bautista Agut in the second round.

Another Canadian player Vasek Pospisil, world number 43 in the ATP Ranking, beat Simone Bolelli 6-3 6-4 taking the re-match against the Italian player who won their only previous head-to-head match in five sets in the 2014 US Open. Pospisil got the only break of the first set in the fourth game. Bolelli earned three break points during the opening set but he did not managed to break back. Pospisili won the first set with 6-3. The second set went on serve until the seventh game when Pospisil broke serve. The Canadian closed out the match on the 10th game after 1 hour and 22 minutes.

 

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