Raonic returns to Wimbledon quarter-finals
Canadian Milos Raonic is heading to the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the third year in a row.
The No. 13 seed defeated unseeded American Mackenzie McDonald 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-2 Monday in the fourth round.
Once again, Raonic was dominant with his serve. McDonald didn’t have a single break-point opportunity against Raonic.
Raonic, the best player in tiebreaks on the ATP Tour over the past year, lost his first tiebreak of the tournament in the third set after winning his previous four.
But the 27-year-old from Thornhill, Ont., bounced back in the fourth set to beat the 103rd-ranked McDonald, sending Raonic to the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the fourth time.
Raonic will face No. 9 seed John Isner of the U.S. in the quarterfinals. Isner has won three of four career matches against Raonic, though the Canadian won their most recent meeting in 2016.
Meanwhile, Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa is off to the women’s doubles quarter-finals.
Dabrowski and partner Yifan Xu of China downed Vania King of the U.S. and Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia 6-3, 6-3.
Dabrowski and Xu face American Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic next.
Meanwhile, not one top-10 seed has made the women’s singles quarter-finals. Serena Williams, however, did reach her 13th Wimbledon quarter-final by beating Evgeniya Rodina.
No. 7 Karolina Pliskova became the last of the top 10 seeds to be knocked out, losing to Kiki Bertens.
Since seeds were introduced in the 1920s, it’s the first time none of the top 10 have reached the women’s quarter-finals. It’s also a first for any Grand Slam tournament in the 50-year professional era.
Also on the men’s side, top seeds Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were among those who advanced.