Raonic Continues Flawless Progress

Eighth seed Milos Raonic continued his flawless progress at Roland Garros as he advanced to the fourth round with a 7-6(4), 6-2, 6-3 victory over lucky loser Andrej Martin on Friday.

The Canadian is yet to drop a set in Paris to reach the fourth round for the second time after wins against Janko Tipsarevic and Adrian Mannarino. In his first tour-level meeting with the No. 133-ranked Martin, Raonic twice squandered a break advantage in the first set, missing five set point opportunities, before clinching the opener in the tie-break on his eighth set point chance.

Two breaks of serve in the second set gave Raonic a two-set lead and, after letting slip an early break advantage in the third set, the Toronto native reeled off the final four games of the match from 2-3 down to prevail.

The 25-year-old Raonic reached his first Grand Slam quarter-final at Roland Garros two years ago, falling to Novak Djokovic. The right-hander has a 27-6 match record in 2016, highlighted by winning his eighth ATP World Tour title in Brisbane (d. Federer), finishing runner-up in Indian Wells (l. to Djokovic) and reaching the semi-finals at the Australian Open (l. to Murray).

Next up for Raonic will be either No. 23 seed Jack Sock or Albert Ramos-Vinolas.