Raonic d. Sugita

Raonic beat Sugita 6-7(4), 6-3, 7-6(1) in the first round at the Rakuten Japan Open - Tokyo. Raonic won 104 of 197 points (53%). Raonic hit 16 aces to 3 and won 81% of points behind the first serve (63/78) against 76% for Sugita. Raonic converted 2 of 5 break points and saved 1 of 2 faced; Sugita converted 1 of 2. The match was played on hard in Japan.