Canada's Raonic earns 1st-round win over India's Nagal at Indian Wells

Reuters | Posted: March 8, 2024 12:14 PM | Last Updated: March 8

Fellow Canadian Shapovalov had match moved to Friday due to rain

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Caption: Milos Raonic, shown in this file photo, picked up a win in his first-round match in Indian Wells, Calif. (Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Canada's Milos Raonic pulled out a 6-3, 6-3 first-round win over India's Sumit Nagal on Thursday at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif.

The Thornhill, Ont., native fired nine aces and won 76.5 per cent of his first-serve points.

Raonic, 33, also broke on three of his 12 opportunities in the one-hour 28-minute match.

The match was interrupted by a two-plus hour rain delay early in the second set.

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Caption: Milos Raonic of Thornhill, Ont., defeats India's Sumit Nagal 6-3, 6-3 in the opening round of the BNP Paribas Open from Indian Wells, Calif.

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The weather conditions also pushed Canadian Denis Shapovalov's first-round match against Botic van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands to Friday.

Raonic was initially supposed to face 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal of Spain, but the 37-year-old withdrew from the tournament Wednesday.

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