
Milos Raonic blitzes Andy Murray 6-2 6-2 in the 3rd round in New York on Wednesday after playing a remarkable match to play Filip Krajinovic in the quarter.
Score, report, and key facts
Raonic in this set was in much better shape than Murray and without too much hustling he won 6-2 after breaking Andy in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Murray was completely outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-2 to 6-2.
Raonic converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A). On the other side, the Canadian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 44 points. Milos was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than Murray (27-17). Milos was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). on the other side of the net, the Brit conceded 11 points on serve (13-11).
Raonic conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Murray in the 1st game (1-0). Milos reinforced his lead after breaking Murray in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).
Milos converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Brit was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (2-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 63 points. Milos was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than the Brit (36-27). Raonic conceded 9 points on serve (18-9). on the other side of the net, Murray conceded 18 points on serve (18-18).
Raonic will add to his prize money $ 25,250 after winning this match. He has won already $ 98,500 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Canadian will add $ 25,500 to his earnings to earn $ 124,000 in total.
Match Statistics
At the end of the match, Raonic scored 63 points vs. Andy’s 44.
The Canadian served pretty well to win 88% of the points (22/25) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (12/22) on his second serve. The Canadian blasted 10 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Milos was well focused in converting 57% of the break points that he conquered (4/7). On the other side, Andy wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Raonic and Murray is 5-9 for Andy.
Highlights Milos Raonic vs. Andy Murray Western Southern Open – New York
Draw and next match H2H: Milos Raonic vs. Filip Krajinovic – stats
Raonic will fight against Krajinovic in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Milos Raonic and Filip Krajinovic since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in New York
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Aljaz BedeneBedene (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-3 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – John IsnerIsner (7-62 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – David GoffinGoffin (6-4 3-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (6-2 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (4-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Milos RaonicRaonic – Andy MurrayMurray (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (3-0) – H2H details and stats
- Milos RaonicRaonic – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-0) – H2H details and stats



