Raonic through to Brisbane tennis quarters

Third seed Milos Raonic is through to the Brisbane International tennis quarter-finals after blasting past Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Kukushkin.

The big-serving Canadian thundered down 17 aces and never faced a break point on Thursday on his way to a 6-3 6-4 second-round triumph.

Former Wimbledon semi-finalist Raonic came out swinging in his first match of the year after receiving a first-round bye.

The 24-year-old – who also made the French Open quarter-finals in a breakthrough 2014 – plays the winner of the second-round clash between Australia’s Sam Groth and Polish qualifier Lukasz Kubot.

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