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Canada’s Milos Raonic beats Jan-Lennard Struff in straight sets at Wimbledon

Jul 4, 2017 | 8:30 AM

LONDON — Canada’s Milos Raonic defeated Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany 7-6 (5), 6-2, 7-6 (4) in first-round play at Wimbledon on Tuesday while Vancouver’s Vasek Pospisil lost his opening match in straight sets.

Raonic, the No. 6 seed from Thornhill, Ont., needed two hours 16 minutes to complete the victory. He had a 20-9 edge in aces and a 55-32 advantage in winners over the match.

Pospisil dropped a 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 decision to eighth-ranked Dominic Thiem of Austria. 

Bianca Andreescu, a 17-year-old qualifier from Mississauga, Ont., was defeated 6-4, 6-3Slovakia’s Kristina Kucova later Tuesday.