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Raonic def. Ilhan

Milos Raonic defeated Marsel Ilhan (TUR) in straight sets, 6-2, 7-6(4). Raonic ran away with the first set, and was up by a break in the second before Ilhan broke back late in the set to force a tiebreak. Here are the match stats:

Having only the live scores ticker to go by, it's hard to get an impression of how some of the rallies and games played out. But judging by the numbers, Raonic was fairly dominant on his serve and was able to work his way into several of his opponent's service games. While Milos won a healthy majority of his first serve points (100% for the first set), getting those serves in was a bit of an issue. The ace count for the match was also a bit low, with 6 of the total 10 coming in the first set.

Those numbers will have to come up because the draw for Milos is about to get tough in a hurry. Raonic is set to play Mardy Fish (USA) who, by virtue of being the No.13 seed, has received a bye to the second round.

In other Canadian tennis news, Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) defeated Rebecca Marino in the first round of the BNP Paribas Open, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.

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