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First round play begins at Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Toronto
Original Publication Date: August 6, 2012 8:03AM
Publication Updated: January 9, 2025 5:12AM
TORONTO – Rising Canadian tennis star Milos Raonic will face Viktor Troicki of Serbia in his first match at the Rogers Cup in Toronto.
Troicki advanced Monday with a 6-4, 7-6 win over Alex Bogomolov Jr. of Russia.
Raonic had a bye in the first round.
In another first-round match, Jeremy Chardy of France defeated American Donald Young 3-6, 7-6, 6-0.
Chardy will take on No. 3 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France, who defeated Raonic last week in the longest three-set match in Olympic history.
In doubles, Fabio Fognini of Italy and Juan Monaco of Argentina defeated the British pair of Ross Hutchins and Jonathan Marray 7-6, 6-3.
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