Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Raonic wins Chennai Open

Fourth seeded Canadian Milos Raonic played the match of his career to snatch the singles title from the jaws of defeat in the $ 450,000 Chennai Open tennis cham’ship by beating top seeded Serbian Janko Tipsarevic in the final on Sunday.

The match also tuned out to be the longest final in the history of the Chennai Open.
Milos Raonic hit 35 aces against Tipsarevic’s eight, collected 250 ATP points and a cash prize of $71,900 besides the glittering trophy, while the runner-up received $37,860 and 150 points after the 193-minute duel.

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