Milo's Taonic of Canada plays a short against David Goffin of belgiunm during a 1st round match on Day1 of the Rogers Cup at Aviva centre on August6,2018 in Toronto,Cananda.
Milo's Taonic cruished into the second round of the Rogers Cup in Toronto on Monday,as qualifier Bradley Klahn upset David Ferrer.
A Wimbledon Finalist in 2016,Raonic has slipped three place below fellow Canadian Denis shapovalov to 29th in the world rankings.
But the 27 year old produced a confident performance to just the Belgian 10th seed on the opening day of main draw action in the Masters 1000 event on outdoor hard courts in Toronto
On a day when play was suspended at Aviva centre for long periods due to rain,Klahn sprung a major surprise and seed jack sock joined Grofgin in making a swift exit.
Raonic Eases past Goffin of the major home hopes,Raonic proved too strong for Goffin,beating the world number 11 by 6-3,6-4.
Raonic Powered down 13 aces and saved all three of the break points he faced ,while breaking the Belgian once in each set to progress with relative ease.
Klahn claims Ferrer scalp world nu.ber 116 klahnregistered one of the biggest victories of his career to data,saving off former world number three Ferrer 6-6,7-5,6-4
The 27 year old American needed four match points to get the jobe done,Ferrer having staved off two to hold serve in the ninth game,and then saving before the spanish veteran ultimately succumbed.
Lieree-Hugues Herbert needed three sets to get past Albert Ramos Vinolas,while pabola xoreento Busta nenefilled from the retirement of yoshibits Nishioka to progress Marton Niskioka to progress Mlr
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