Former Canadian world number 3 Milos Raonic played in the ATP tournament for the first time in 686 days and won the match.
Earlier, the 32-year-old tennis player recovered from an injury and returned to the ATP Tour for the first time since July 2021, declaring for a grass-court tournament in ‘s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands) . In the first round, Raonic beat the 39th racket in the world from Serbia Miomir Kecmanovic with the score 6:3, 6:4. The meeting lasted 1h25.
In the second round, Raonic’s opponent will be the winner of the pair Jordan Thompson (Australia) – Giovanni Mpetchi (France, Q, LL).
The 32-year-old Raonic’s best result in the ATP World Rankings is third place. In 2016, he reached the Wimbledon final, where he lost to Briton Andy Murray.
ATP 250. Libema Open. ‘s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands). Grass. Endowment fund – €673,630
First round
Milos Raonic (Canada, SR) – Miomir Kecmanovic (Serbia, 5) – 6:3, 6:4
Source : MatchTV
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