Canada's Milos Raonic joined Serbian World No. 2 Novak Djokovic in
the final four of the ATP World Tour tennis Finals by defeating
Austria's Dominic Thiem 7-6 (7-5), 6-3
In a battle of the two youngest players in this elite eight-man event, the 25-year-old Raonic used his massive serve to power past his 23-year-old opponent in an hour and a half on Thursday Nov 17,2016
The fourth-ranked Canadian, who struck 14 aces and won 86 percent of his first-serve points and 62 percent of his second-serve points, did not face a single break point in the contest.
Dominic Thiem(Austria) put up a strong fight in the first set, but went down a break early in the second and lost his serve one final time to bow out of that final Group Ivan Lendl round-robin match and the tournament.
With the win, Raonic advanced to the semifinals of tennis' year-end championship event for the first time and remains in contention to finish 2016 as the world's third-ranked player.
In a battle of the two youngest players in this elite eight-man event, the 25-year-old Raonic used his massive serve to power past his 23-year-old opponent in an hour and a half on Thursday Nov 17,2016
The fourth-ranked Canadian, who struck 14 aces and won 86 percent of his first-serve points and 62 percent of his second-serve points, did not face a single break point in the contest.
Dominic Thiem(Austria) put up a strong fight in the first set, but went down a break early in the second and lost his serve one final time to bow out of that final Group Ivan Lendl round-robin match and the tournament.
With the win, Raonic advanced to the semifinals of tennis' year-end championship event for the first time and remains in contention to finish 2016 as the world's third-ranked player.
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