Milos Raonic’s serve dominates in third-round Wimbledon victory over Albert Ramos-Vinolas
LONDON — Milos Raonic, last year’s runner-up at Wimbledon, advanced to the tournament’s second week by beating 25th-seeded Albert Ramos-Vinolas of Spain 7-6 (3), 6-4, 7-5 with the help of 21 aces, including one to end it.
The No. 6-seeded Canadian described his performance as “pretty clean.”
He finished with more than twice as many winners, 55, as unforced errors, 26.
Raonic lost to Andy Murray in last year’s final at the All England Club. Now Raonic is into the fourth round for the third time in four years.
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Garbine Muguruza reached the fourth round Saturday, two years after making it all the way to the final.
The 2015 runner-up at the All England Club and 2016 French Open champion beat Sorana Cirstea 6-2, 6-2 in the third round Saturday.
The 14th-seeded Muguruza played cleanly and finished with 18 winners and only 10 unforced errors. She did not drop a set this week.
Cirstea, a Romanian ranked 63rd, had made it to the third round when her previous opponent, American Bethanie Mattek-Sands, had to stop playing because she injured her knee during their match.
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No. 1-ranked Angelique Kerber came back from a set and a break down to beat American Shelby Rogers 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4.
Kerber was the runner-up to Serena Williams last year. During that breakthrough season, Kerber won her first two major titles, at the Australian Open and U.S. Open.
This is the German left-hander’s fourth trip to the fourth round at Wimbledon.
It did not come easily. After dropping the opening set, Kerber trailed 3-1 in the second before turning things around.
Rogers had never been past the first round in two previous appearances at the grass-court Grand Slam tournament.
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Three-time Wimbledon doubles champions Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan lost in the second round in straight sets.
The fifth-seeded American twins lost to Marcin Matkowski of Poland and Max Mirnyi of Belarus 6-3, 7-5, 6-4.
Although they were in the final of the Australian Open in January, they have not won a Grand Slam title since winning the U.S. Open in 2014.
They won at the All England Club in 2006, 2011 and 2013 and also reached the finals on four other occasions, most recently in 2014.
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Sam Querrey took only four minutes on court Saturday to beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and reach the fourth round at Wimbledon.
The match was suspended Friday by darkness after 2 hours, 54 minutes with Querrey leading 6-5 in the fifth set. Tsonga served first upon resumption of the match but Querrey broke to win 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 1-6, 7-5.
Querrey says “it’s always tough to come out and serve first like he had to.”
Querrey reached the Wimbledon quarterfinals last year. Tsonga, a two-time Wimbledon semifinalist, also reached the quarterfinals at the All England Club last year.
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Dudi Sela became the ninth man to retire from a match at this year’s Wimbledon tournament, stopping his third-round match against 13th-seeded Grigor Dimitrov while trailing 6-1, 6-1.
Sela called for a trainer after the first set.
Seven players retired from their matches in the first round, and another in the second.
Dimitrov, a Wimbledon semifinalist in 2014, will next face either seven-time champion Roger Federer or Mischa Zverev.