Isner/Raonic Team Up In Indian Wells

John Isner and Milos Raonic, two of the most fearsome servers on the ATP World Tour, teamed up for the first time to take out Colin Fleming and Andy Murray 7-5, 6-7(5), 10-8 at the BNP Paribas Open on Friday. Isner/Raonic fired six aces in the one-hour, 43-minute win and saved all eight break points faced.

It was Raonic’s first doubles match of the season, while Isner won a match in Auckland (partnering Rosol) before withdrawing from the event.

Murray/Fleming did not miss a first serve in the Match Tie-break, but their towering opponents won three return points (3/9) to move on.

Philipp Kohlschreiber and Dominic Thiem defeated Frenchmen Richard Gasquet and Benoit Paire 6-3, 4-6, 10-4. The German/Austrian pairing were nearly unbeatable on their first delivery, winning 90 per cent of first serve points. Gasquet/Paire saved 12 of 13 break points, but succumbed in 70 minutes.

Roberto Bautista Agut and Victor Troicki downed Pablo Cuevas and Marcel Granollers 2-6, 6-3, 10-4 in 68 minutes. The Spanish/Serbian duo won 57 points to their opponents’ 55 and notched their first team win in three attempts.

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