Queen’s: Raonic edges past Norrie to book spot in second round

Canadian Milos Raonic banged down 47 aces – a record for a three-set match – as he edged out Cameron Norrie 6-7 (6), 6-3, 7-6 (9) to reach the second round of the cinch Championships at Queen’s Club in London.

Raonic, ranked No 186, will face the winner of the match between Japanese qualifier Taro Daniel and American Taylor Fritz, the No 4 seed, next.

London ATP 500, other first-round results (Queen’s Club, grass, EUR 2.255.655, most recent results first):

• Ben Shelton vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
• Mariano Navone vs. Jack Draper
• Daniel Evans vs. Brandon Nakashima
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Billy Harris
• Andy Murray vs. Alexei Popyrin
• Sebastian Korda vs. Karen Khachanov
• Sebastian Baez vs. Tommy Paul
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Francisco Cerundolo
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Alex De Minaur
• Taro Daniel vs. Taylor Fritz
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Ugo Humbert
• Alejandro Tabilo vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Jordan Thompson beat Holger Rune (7): 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Rinky Hijikata (Q) beat Frances Tiafoe: 7-5, 4-6, 1-0 ret.
• Grigor Dimitrov (3) beat Adrian Mannarino: 6-1, 6-2