ATP roundup: Milos Raonic sets aces record in London

Milos Raonic of Canada defeated Great Britain's Cameron Norrie 6-7 (6), 6-3, 7-6 (9) in the first round of the Cinch Championships on Monday in London, hitting 47 aces.

Raonic broke Croatian star Ivo Karlovic's ATP Tour record of 45 aces in a best-of-three-set match in 2015, which had stood since 1991. The ace accounted for 47 of Raonic's 70 total winners.

Raonic led 5-2 in the third-set tiebreaker, then trailed 7-6 and 9-8 before scoring the final three points to seal the victory. His next opponent will be either fourth-seeded Taylor Fritz or Japanese qualifier Taro Daniel, who will play on Tuesday.

No. 3 seed Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria defeated France's Adrian Mannarino 6-1, 6-2 in 62 minutes.

Australian Jordan Thompson defeated No. 7 seed Holger Rune of Denmark 4-6, 7-6 (4), and 6-3. Rinky Hijikata, Thompson's countryman, led Frances Tiafoe 7-5, 4-6, 1-0 when the latter retired.

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Daniil Medvedev, the third seed from Russia, needed a first-set tiebreaker to defeat Portugal's Nuno Borges 7-6 (4), 6-4 in the first round in Halle, Germany.

Medvedev won 9-7 on aces and saved 5 of 6 break points. In the first-set tiebreaker, he took a 4-0 lead before holding off his opponent. Medvedev's next opponent will be China's Zhizhen Zhang, who defeated Austria's Sebastian Ofner 7-6 (8), 6-7 (3), 6-4 in two hours and 21 minutes.

In other matches, No. 5 seed Hubert Hurkacz of Poland defeated Flavio Cobolli of Italy 7-5, 7-6 (2), and German wild card Dominik Koepfer advanced when No. 8 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada retired down 6-4, 4-3. Italy's Lorenzo Sonego and Hungary's Fabian Marozsan both won their opening matches.

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