Canadian Raonic booms through to round two


  • Tennis
  • Wednesday, 05 Jul 2017

Tennis - Wimbledon - London, Britain - July 4, 2017 Canada’s Milos Raonic celebrates during his first round match against Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff REUTERS/Andrew Couldridge

LONDON (Reuters) - Last year's Wimbledon runner-up Milos Raonic boomed down the fastest serve of this year's tournament so far at 141 mph as the Canadian beat Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff 7-6(5) 6-2 7-6(4) in the first round on Tuesday.

The sixth seed struck 20 aces and only dropped one game on serve but was made to work hard at times by the world number 53, who had plenty of firepower of his own and claimed second spot on the fast serve list with a 138 mph zinger.

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