Raonic Races Into Third Round
Denis Shapovalov needed more than three hours of play and even longer than that due to rain on Saturday at the Miami Open presented by Itau, but the sixth seed found a way to reach the third round. The Canadian was not at his best, but he outlasted Ilya Ivashka 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-4 after three hours and six minutes in a match that featured two rain delays. Shapovalov hit 11 double faults and struggled at times with unforced errors off the ground, but he persevered against an opponent who needed three hours and 18 minutes in his first-round victory. “[It was] definitely [a] super tough one...
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