Milos Raonic wins Roland Garros opener against Janko Tipsarevic

ByEurosport

Updated 23/05/2016 at 17:56 GMT

Milos Raonic made a winning start to his French Open campaign with a 6-3 6-3 7-6 (7-5) win over Janko Tipsarevic in the first round at Roland Garros.

The Canadian eighth seed threw down 10 aces in the progressing against the Serbian, who is ranked a lowly 680 in the world.

Raonic - the Australian Open semi-finalist - threw down 10 aces to secure a match with another unseeded figure, Mikhail Kukushkin or Adrian Mannarino, in the second round.

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Raonic's best performance at the tournament came two years ago when he reached the quarter-final.

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