Milos Raonic wins Chennai title

Associated Press

CHENNAI, India

Milos Raonic beat top-seeded Janko Tipsarevic 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4) in a serve-dominated Chennai Open final Sunday, earning his second career title.

Fourth-seeded Raonic hit 35 aces in a marathon match that lasted 3 hours, 16 minutes and didn’t include a break of serve.

Raonic won all 48 of his service games during the week to become the first player to win a tournament without dropping serve since Roger Federer at the 2008 grass-court tournament in Halle.

Raonic dropped only four points on serve in the first set and had four chances to break in the fourth game before the Serbian stole it in the tiebreaker.

Raonic established a 4-1 lead in the second-set tiebreaker before leveling the match on his second set point. He had to save break points early in the decider but dominated the tiebreaker with his serve.

Sydney International

SYDNEY

Ana Ivanovic’s Australian Open preparations hit another obstacle when the former No. 1 player lost to Lucie Safarova 7-6 (5), 6-2.

Ivanovic lost to Kim Clijsters in the second round last week in the Brisbane International. That means she will have just three tournament matches going into the Grand Slam event.