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Canadians Milos Raonic, Denis Shapovalov win tournament openers

Feb 12, 2019 | 7:15 AM

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — Canada’s Milos Raonic and Denis Shapovalov are off to the second round of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament.

The fourth-seeded Raonic downed Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6 (8), 7-5 in a first-round match on Tuesday.

Shapovalov, seeded 10th, then beat Croatian qualifier Franko Skugor 7-5, 6-3.

It marked Raonic’s first match since a quarterfinal loss to Lucas Pouille at the Australian Open last month. After that match, Raonic said he suffered a knee injury.