Milos Raonic of Canada hits a return to Fernando Verdasco of Spain during their match at the U.S. Open Championships tennis tournament in New York, September 2, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Segar
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Canada's Milos Raonic boosted his chances of qualifying for the lucrative ATP World Tour Finals after capturing his first title of the season with a 6-3 3-6 6-3 win over Portugal's Joao Sousa in the final of the St. Petersburg Open on Sunday.
The world number nine fired down 22 aces to subdue Sousa for the third time in as many meetings to claim his first title since August 2014.
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