Raonic beats Yuki Bhambri, advances to Queen s Club 2nd round
Tuesday - June 19, 2018 11:28 pm ,
Category : SPORTS
London June 19 (IANS) World No 31 Milos Raonic of Canada entered the second round of the Queen s Club tennis tournament after defeating world No 84 Yuki Bhambri of India 6-1 3-1 on Tuesday.
Bhambri was forced to retire early due to injury just 45 minutes into the popular men s tune-up event for Wimbledon which starts July 2 reported Efe.
Before Bhambri s withdrawal Raonic was already on his way to a win having fired 13 aces compared to zero from his 25-year-old Indian opponent.
Raonic 27 is next set to take on the winner of the clash between David Goffin of Belgium world No 9 and Feliciano Lopez of Spain world No 37.
Meanwhile former world No 1 Novak Djokovic of Serbia defeated John Millman of Australia 6-2 6-1 to advance to the second round marking a winning return to the tennis tournament.
The Serbian star currently world No 22 needed a brisk 64 minutes to beat his world No 63 opponent.
Djokovic 31 is competing in the tournament for the first time since 2010 and was runner-up to Spanish tennis great Rafael Nadal in the 2008 final.
The 12-time Grand Slam champion is set to play the second round against 2014 Queen s Club champion Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria world No. 3 who defeated Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia and Herzegovina 6-3 6-7(4-7) 6-3.
Dimitrov said: "It was one of those matches that the only thing I am happy with is just winning.
"I definitely could have done a few things better but it is still my first match on grass. I was a little rusty obviously. Overall I served well and returned well when I had to. Those are all good signs for me. I just want to pick up that positivity and carry it on " he said.
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Bhambri was forced to retire early due to injury just 45 minutes into the popular men s tune-up event for Wimbledon which starts July 2 reported Efe.
Before Bhambri s withdrawal Raonic was already on his way to a win having fired 13 aces compared to zero from his 25-year-old Indian opponent.
Raonic 27 is next set to take on the winner of the clash between David Goffin of Belgium world No 9 and Feliciano Lopez of Spain world No 37.
Meanwhile former world No 1 Novak Djokovic of Serbia defeated John Millman of Australia 6-2 6-1 to advance to the second round marking a winning return to the tennis tournament.
The Serbian star currently world No 22 needed a brisk 64 minutes to beat his world No 63 opponent.
Djokovic 31 is competing in the tournament for the first time since 2010 and was runner-up to Spanish tennis great Rafael Nadal in the 2008 final.
The 12-time Grand Slam champion is set to play the second round against 2014 Queen s Club champion Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria world No. 3 who defeated Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia and Herzegovina 6-3 6-7(4-7) 6-3.
Dimitrov said: "It was one of those matches that the only thing I am happy with is just winning.
"I definitely could have done a few things better but it is still my first match on grass. I was a little rusty obviously. Overall I served well and returned well when I had to. Those are all good signs for me. I just want to pick up that positivity and carry it on " he said.
--IANS pur/vd
