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It was an excellent performance by Raonic who showed a much greater inclination to get to the net than he had in his previous match against Gilles Muller when he served-and-volleyed a grand total of just once. Against Simon on Saturday in Hisense Arena, he S&Ved 32 times, winning 20 of those points (63%).

“He was changing his (returning) position quite a bit,” Raonic explained about Simon, “and he’s not one of those guys who can heavily spin it (on the return). So when he was going back it gave me a lot more time to get close. It was really about keeping him out of rhythm.”

Raonic didn’t mention keeping the points short because of his flu and feverish symptoms. A bug that has been bothering him since Tuesday did not seem to be a factor. “I had a rough last 48 hours,” he said. “But I got my energy up today.”

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