Steve Johnson has denied Milos Raonic back-to-back Delray Beach Open finals appearances with his first win over the Canadian on Wednesday. The American posted a 6-2, 6-4 result over the No.9 seed to reach the quarter-finals.
Johnson had fallen in three prior FedEx ATP Head2Head meetings with Raonic. He will next meet Russian Evgeny Donskoy, an earlier 7-6(6), 6-3 winner over American Donald Young.
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World No. 51 in the ATP Rankings, Johnson withstood 11 aces from the 27 year old and lost just four points on his first serve to secure the result. It will be his first quarter-final appearance of 2018.
In a mixed day for the Americans, No. 6 seed John Isner also fell. German Peter Gojowczyk eked out a 7-6(3), 6-7(4), 7-6(5) triumph over the three-time Delray Beach Open semi-finalist to await the winner of top seed Jack Sock and #NextGen ATP player Reilly Opelka. It is Gojowczyk’s third quarter-final of 2018 having already reached the last eight in Doha and Auckland.
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