No Rust For Raonic In Return

Milos Raonic got off to a roaring start in his return to the ATP World Tour, streaking past Inigo Cervantes 6-1, 6-3 to open second-round play on Saturday at the BNP Paribas Open.

“I felt good. I felt like I did a lot of things well. I started off well. I was aggressive,” Raonic said.

The 12th-seeded Canadian has been missing from action since suffering a torn adductor en route to the Australian Open semi-finals in January. Raonic notched his 10th match win of the year in 55 minutes, firing six aces and converting five of nine break chances.

“With where and how things could be, I have to be very happy with how I’m playing,” he said.

The 25 year old is hoping his pattern of results in Indian Wells continues, following a third-round finish in 2012, fourth-round run in 2013, quarter-finals in 2014 and semis in 2015. He memorably saved three match points in stunning Rafael Nadal in last year’s quarters. Raonic will face either Bernard Tomic or Rajeev Ram next.