Raonic Puts On Serving Clinic In Cincy

Fourth seed Milos Raonic continued his run of form on Friday at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, not facing a break point in an impressive quarter-final win over eighth seed Dominic Thiem 6-3, 6-4.

Raonic needed just a single break of serve in each set, breaking Thiem at 3-2 in the opening set and 3-3 in the second set. He remained flawless on his own serve, dropping just eight service points throughout the match.

The Canadian is making his sixth consecutive appearance in Cincinnati and has matched his previous career-best result here from 2014. Raonic is looking for his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title. He has reached three finals at this level, most recently in March at the BNP Paribas Open (l. Djokovic).

Next up for Raonic is the winner of the match between top seed Andy Murray and Bernard Tomic. Raonic leads his FedEx ATP Head2Head rivalry with Tomic 4-0, including three wins this year. Murray leads their FedEx ATP Head2Head 7-3 and has won their past six matches. Four of those victories have come in 2016, including their most recent battle in the Wimbledon final.