By Canadian Press

Canada’s Raonic through to third round at Miami Open with win over Thompson

Mar 27, 2021 | 11:53 AM

MIAMI — Canada’s Milos Raonic cruised to a 6-2, 6-1 win over Australia’s Jordan Thompson in second-round action Saturday at the Miami Open.

Raonic, the 12th seed in Miami, fired 14 aces and won 96 per cent of first serve points to advance to the third round of the ATP Masters 1000 event.

Raonic, from Thornhill, Ont., didn’t face break point and converted three of the seven break opportunities he had against Thompson.

It was the first meeting between the Canadian veteran and the 60th-ranked Australian.

Raonic, who had a first-round bye, will next face either France’s Ugo Humbert or Portugal’s Joao Sousa.

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Raonic has reached the Miami quarterfinals three times, most recently in 2018.

Later Saturday, sixth-seed Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., was scheduled to face Ilya Avashka of Belarus.

Fellow Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime of Montreal booked his spot in the third round with a 6-4, 6-4 win over France’s Pierre-Hugues Herbert on Friday. Auger-Aliassime will face American veteran John Isner on Sunday.

On the women’s side, eighth seed Bianca Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont., will face American Amanda Anisimova on Sunday; Andreescu advanced to the third round with a 7-6 (5), 6-2 win over Tereza Martincova on Friday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 27, 2021.

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Note to readers: This is a corrected story. A previous version misspelled Denis Shapovalov’s last name.