Raonic moves on to second round

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Posted July 30, 2012 7:45 am.

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LONDON, ENGLAND (NEWS1130) – Canada’s Milos Raonic unleashed his heavy serve to overpower Japan’s Tatsuma Ito 6-3, 6-4 on Monday to win his Olympic debut and advance to the second round at London 2012.

Raonic will face fifth-seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France in Round 2 on Tuesday.

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