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Raonic's most recent match had been a
fourth-round loss in Melbourne to Serbia's Novak Djokovic, who
went on to win the Grand Slam event.
Raonic racked up 13 aces and 10 double faults while Paul had one
ace and four double faults.
Elsewhere in the first round, Italy's Lorenzo Musetti upset
third-seeded Diego Schwartzman of Argentina 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, but
top-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece and sixth-seeded Fabio
Fognini of Italy won in straight sets. Also posting wins were
the Netherlands' Tallon Griekspoor, the United States' Frances
Tiafoe and Great Britain's Cameron Norrie.
Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships
South Africa's Lloyd Harris defeated top-seeded Dominic Thiem of
Austria 6-3, 6-4 in the second round at Dubai, United Arab
Emirates.
Thiem never managed a break point in the match as Harris won 29
of his 30 first-serve points.
Fifth-seeded David Goffin of Belgium, sixth-seeded Pablo Carreno
Busta of Spain and 12th-seeded Daniel Evans of Great Britain
also fell in the second round.
Second-seeded Andrey Rublev of Russia, third-seeded Denis
Shapovalov of Canada, fourth-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut of
Spain, eighth-seeded Karen Khachanov of Russia, 11th-seeded
Dusan Lajovic of Serbia, 13th-seeded Hubert Hurkacz of Poland,
14th-seeded Filip Krajinovic of Serbia, 15th-seeded Taylor Fritz
of the United States, 16th-seeded Jannik Sinner of Italy,
17th-seeded Lorenzo Sonego of Italy all advanced.
--Field Level Media
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