Canada’s Raonic downs Edmund to advance to semifinals at Delray Beach Open
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Canadian Milos Raonic advanced to the semifinals at the Delray Beach Open on Friday with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Britain’s Kyle Edmund.
The top seed from Thornhill, Ont., fired 10 aces to Edmund’s four. The match took one hour 39 minutes to play.
Friday’s quarter-final was the first time Raonic and Edmund had played each other.
Raonic will play 2009 U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro in Saturday’s semifinal. Del Potro beat defending champion Sam Querrey 7-5, 7-5 in their quarter-final matchup late Friday night.