Mighty Milos Raonic reaches last 16 in Toronto
Milos Raonic defeated Taro Daniel 6-4, 6-3 on Wednesday evening. He’ll face American Mackenzie McDonald in the next round
Milos Raonic Toronto 2023
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Canadian wildcard Milos Raonic advanced to the last 16 of the Toronto Masters by winning against Japanese qualifier Taro Daniel 6-4, 6-3 at the Aviva Centre on Wednesday evening.
Milos Raonic will face American Mackenzie McDonald next.
The Canadian, who fired 37 aces to dispatch Frances Tiafoe in three sets in his first match, powered 15 aces past Daniel and never faced a break point.
On he goes 🍁@milosraonic continues his impressive week at home with a 6-4 6-3 win vs Daniel!#NBO23 pic.twitter.com/6VQ9MPTcf8
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) August 9, 2023
The Canadian defeated American Frances Tiafoe, the No 9 seed (6-7 (12), 7-6 (4), 6-3) in the previous round of the Rogers Cup.
In the previous round of the Canadian Open, Daniel, ranked No 115, won against Frenchman Adrian Mannarino (7-6 (5), 6-4).
Toronto Masters, other second-round results (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 6.600.000, most recent results first):
- Marcos Giron vs. Holger Rune
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Ben Shelton
- Sebastian Korda vs. Aleksandar Vukic
- Tommy Paul vs. Francisco Cerundolo
- Max Purcell vs. Andy Murray
- Matteo Berrettini vs. Jannik Sinner
- Alexander Zverev vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Gabriel Diallo vs. Alex De Minaur
- Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Gael Monfils
- Matteo Arnaldi vs. Daniil Medvedev: wednesday
- Lorenzo Musetti vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis: wednesday
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Hubert Hurkacz: wednesday
- Taylor Fritz (8) beat Ugo Humbert: 7-6 (7), 3-6, 6-3
- Mackenzie McDonald beat Andrey Rublev (6): 6-4, 6-3
- Casper Ruud (3) beat Jiri Lehecka: 7-6 (6), 6-4
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