Raonic makes winning return in 's-Hertogenbosch, Fils advances

pFormer a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a finalist a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/milos-raonic/r975/overview'Milos Raonic/a improved to 15-1 in first-round matches on grass since 2014 on Tuesday at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/s-hertogenbosch/440/overview'Libema Open/a. The former World No. 3 dispatched eighth seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jordan-thompson/tc61/overview'Jordan Thompson/a 6-3, 6-4 to reach the second round at the ATP 250 event./p

pCompeting for the first time since Indian Wells in March, Raonic thundered 14 aces according to ATP Infosys Stats to earn just his fourth tour-level win of the season after 90 minutes./p

pRaonic will next meet a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/roberto-bautista-agut/bd06/overview'Roberto Bautista Agut/a after the Spaniard beat a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/marc-andrea-huesler/hh06/overview'Marc-Andrea Huesler/a 7-6(7), 6-2./p

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p#NextGenATP Frenchman a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/arthur-fils/f0f1/overview'Arthur Fils/a won his first tour-level grass-court match in 's-Hertogenbosch, where he moved past countryman a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/arthur-cazaux/c0h0/overview'Arthur Cazaux/a 6-4, 6-4./p

pThe 19-year-old, who was competing in his third tour-level match on the surface, did not face a break point en route to his one-hour, 33-minute win in his first Lexus ATP Head2Head meeting with Cazaux./p

pFils, currently first in the PIF ATP Live Race To Jeddah, will next play third-seeded Frenchman a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ugo-humbert/hh26/overview'Ugo Humbert/a in the Netherlands./p

pThe 2019 champion a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/adrian-mannarino/me82/overview'Adrian Mannarino/a made a winning start to his campaign in the Netherlands, where he clawed past a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/stefano-napolitano/n679/overview'Stefano Napolitano/a 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-2. The 35-year-old next plays a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/gijs-brouwer/bo10/overview'Gijs Brouwer/a after the Dutch qualifier defeated #NextGenATP Czech a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jakub-mensik/m0ni/overview'Jakub Mensik/a 6-1, 3-6, 6-3./p

pDefending champion a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tallon-griekspoor/gj37/overview'Tallon Griekspoor/a edged out a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/miomir-kecmanovic/ki95/overview'Miomir Kecmanovic/a 6-7(3), 7-6(7), 7-6(3) to reach the second round. The sixth seed lifted his second ATP Tour trophy at his home event last year./p

pIn other action, Australian a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/aleksandar-vukic/v832/overview'Aleksandar Vukic/a beat countryman a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/max-purcell/ph71/overview'Max Purcell/a 6-3, 7-6(5), while a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/mackenzie-mcdonald/mk66/overview'Mackenzie McDonald/a downed Dutchman a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/botic-van-de-zandschulp/v812/overview'Botic van de Zandschulp/a 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. McDonald next takes on Griekspoor./p

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