By Chris Oddo | Wednesday February 22, 2017

 

Top seed Milos Raonic edged Borna Coric to reach the quarterfinals of the Delray Beach Open in Florida on Wednesday.

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Milos Raonic finished up late on a rain-soaked day in Florida, edging past Borna Coric in straight sets to book his spot in the quarterfinals on his Delray Beach Open debut.

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The Canadian hammered 12 aces and won 33 of 37 first-serve points to keep the gritty Coric at bay. The top-seeded World No.4 was pushed by Coric and eventually needed a second-set tiebreaker to close the door on his 20-year-old foe.

In the first night match on the main stadium, third-seeded Jack Sock worked past Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, 6-4, 6-1, to set up an all-American quarterfinal with No.5 seed Steve Johnson.

Johnson got past Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka by the same 6-4, 6-1 score.

In the day’s other singles match, Great Britain’s Kyle Edmund got past Yen-Hsun Lu, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2.

Seventh-seeded Juan Martin del Potro will be in action on Thursday, taking on Bosnia’s Damir Dzumhur.