Raonic, Sock advance to Delray Beach final
Feb 26, 2017 - 3:33 AM Milos Raonic and Jack Sock advanced to the Delray Beach Open championship match with straight-set victories on Saturday.The top-seeded Raonic, ranked fourth in the world, beat No. 7 seed Juan Martin del Potro 6-3 7-6 (8-6) in the night semi-final.
Sock, seeded third and ranked 21st in the world, topped Donald Young 6-4 7-6 (7-2) in an all-American semi-final.
Raonic was serving for the match at 6-5 in the second set when the Canadian was broken for the only time all night.
Del Potro, from Argentina, had a set point with a 6-5 lead in the tiebreaker before Raonic scored three straight points to seal the victory.
Sock never lost his serve all day and allowed Young only one break-point opportunity. Young took a 2-0 lead in the second-set tiebreaker before Sock won seven straight points to end the match.
Sock hasn't dropped a set and has gone 3-0 in tiebreakers through his first four matches.
This marked the second straight week that the 69th-ranked Young reached a semi-final before falling to another American. Young lost a Memphis Open semi-final to eventual champion Ryan Harrison.
Source: AAP
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