Norrie out of Queen's as Raonic breaks aces record

Cameron Norrie was incapable to move his fortunes astir connected nan British writer arsenic he mislaid to huge-serving Milos Raonic successful nan first information astatine Queen's.

Canada's Raonic deed 47 aces - a grounds for nan astir successful a three-set lucifer - successful a 6-7 (6-8) 6-3 7-6 (11-9) victory.

Norrie had 2 lucifer points successful nan third-set tie-break but could not person earlier Raonic took his 3rd opportunity.

It is 28-year-old Norrie's 2nd successive conclusion connected location ungraded aft losing to 773rd-ranked qualifier Jack Pinnington-Jones successful Nottingham earlier successful June.

A difficult play has seen Norrie triumph 15 and suffer 14 of his 29 matches.

He has dropped to 38th successful nan world arsenic a consequence and was displaced arsenic nan British men's number 1 this week by Jack Draper.

Raonic reached nan Wimbledon last successful 2016, wherever he mislaid to Britain's Andy Murray, but nan 33-year-old has had his profession decimated by injuries successful caller years.

This capacity was a reminder of nan devastating expertise he possesses connected nan grass.

The regularity of his aces - and nan velocity of them, pinch nan fastest hitting 145mph - was met pinch expanding awe by nan London crowd.

A 144mph ace down nan mediate brought up a 3rd lucifer constituent for nan Canadian which he took pinch a cross-court forehand winner.

Norrie had hung reliable successful nan look of Raonic's arsenal and only faced 4 break points himself.

Missing a volley for a 3-1 lead successful nan tie-break looked for illustration it could beryllium costly and, though he recovered to level and gain lucifer points, Raonic played nan large points superbly to travel through.

"It's a large portion of my game. If I didn't person my service my profession would beryllium very different," said Raonic, who is classed 186th successful nan world having played conscionable 9 matches this season.