Raonic, Novak survive Wimbledon 2nd round, to face off in 3rd
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Raonic, Novak survive Wimbledon 2nd round, to face off in 3rd
London July 4 (IANS) Milos Raonic of Canada and Dennis Novak of Austria beat their respective Wimbledon second-round opponents here on Wednesday and are set to face each other in the third round.
Despite all three sets going to tie-breaks world No 32 Raonic pulled through in the key moments and beat world No 56 John Millman of Australia 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-4) in two hours and 38 minutes reported Efe.
Novak world No 171 earned a big upset over world No 19 Lucas Pouille of France 6-4 6-2 6-7 (8-10) 3-6 6-2 in a match that lasted nearly three hours after Novak failed to seal the win in a gruelling third-set tiebreaker.
Elsewhere at Wimbledon world No 13 Sam Querrey of the US eliminated world No 109 Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 6-3 while Russia s Daniil Medvedev world No 67 earned a straight-set victory over world No 65 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain 6-3 6-4 6-2.
--IANS gau/vd
Despite all three sets going to tie-breaks world No 32 Raonic pulled through in the key moments and beat world No 56 John Millman of Australia 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-4) in two hours and 38 minutes reported Efe.
Novak world No 171 earned a big upset over world No 19 Lucas Pouille of France 6-4 6-2 6-7 (8-10) 3-6 6-2 in a match that lasted nearly three hours after Novak failed to seal the win in a gruelling third-set tiebreaker.
Elsewhere at Wimbledon world No 13 Sam Querrey of the US eliminated world No 109 Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 6-3 while Russia s Daniil Medvedev world No 67 earned a straight-set victory over world No 65 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain 6-3 6-4 6-2.
--IANS gau/vd
