Milos Raonic dispatches Steve Johnson 7-66 6-3 in the quarter in Delray Beach on Friday. Raonic will engage against Reilly Opelka in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Johnson had a racing start in this set after breaking Raonic in the 1st game (1-0). However, Milos refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Johnson in the 6th (3-3) game before winning the set at the breaker at 6.
Raonic lost a big opportunity to break the American in the 2nd game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
2nd set.
Raonic had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Johnson in the 1st game (1-0). Milos improved his lead after breaking Steve in the 9th (6-3) game before winning the set.
Statistics
At the end of the match, the Canadian scored 78 points vs. Johnson’s 69 points.
Milos served extremely well to win 77% of the points (34/44) behind his first serve, and he won 63% points (12/19) on his second serve. Milos won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points as he converted only 27% (3/11). On the other side, Steve was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (1/2). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this contest, the head to head between Raonic and Johnson is 4-1 for Milos.
Next Match H2H: Milos Raonic vs. Reilly Opelka – stats
Raonic will compete against Opelka in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Milos Raonic and Reilly Opelka play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Raonic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
Tennis Scores in Delray Beach
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (3-6 7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Milos RaonicRaonic – Steve JohnsonJohnson (7-66 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Milos RaonicRaonic (0-1) – See H2H details