Oct 12, 2016
Raonic and Pospisil advance at Shanghai Masters
Milos Raonic and Vasek Pospisil both won their second-round matches at the Shanghai Tennis Masters in China.
The Canadian Press
SHANGHAI — Canadians Milos Raonic and Vasek Pospisil both won their second-round matches today at the Shanghai Tennis Masters in China.
Raonic of Thornhill, Ont., who is ranked sixth in the world, easily defeated unseeded Italian Paolo Lorenzi 6-2, 6-4 in a match that lasted just over an hour.
Pospisil, who is competing in Shanghai as a qualifier, defeated world No. 18 Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria in straight sets, 7-5, 7-6.
The Vancouver native, who is ranked 131st in the world ATP rankings, had advanced to today's match by defeated Croatian Ivo Karlovic.