Raonic Safely Into Wimbledon Fourth Round; Awaits Anderson Or Pella

Milos Raonic, the 2016 finalist, experienced few problems on Friday as he booked his place in the fourth round of The Championships with a 7-6(1), 6-2, 6-1 victory over American Reilly Opelka in one hour and 42 minutes.

The No. 15 seed from Canada, who missed the spring clay-court swing due to a right knee injury, won 51 of 55 first-service points and hit 13 aces. World No. 63 Opelka, who had beaten No. 22 seed and two-time former quarter-finalist Stan Wawrinka in the first round, struck his 13 aces in the first set.

Raonic awaits the winner of fourth-seeded South African Kevin Anderson, who finished runner-up to Novak Djokovic in last year’s final, and No. 26 seed Guido Pella of South Africa.

Opelka saved eight break points to Raonic’s three prior to the first set tie-break, which the Canadian wrapped up when Opelka made a forehand error. Opelka’s challenge quickly faltered. He hit three double faults at 2-3 in the second set, then committed three groundstroke errors at 2-5 to hand Raonic a commanding lead. Opelka won just six points in the third set.

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