TORONTO – Canada’s Milos Raonic is making a quarter-final exit at the Rogers Cup.
The sixth seed from Thornhill, Ont., dropped a 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-3 decision to Spain’s Feliciano Lopez before a surprised crowd at Rexall Centre.
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Lopez is unseeded at the Masters 1000 series event and is ranked 25th in the world, 19 positions below Raonic.
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Lopez will play either Switzerland’s Roger Federer or Spain’s David Ferrer in the semifinals on Saturday.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France and Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria will meet in the other semifinal.
Tsonga defeated Andy Murray of Britain in the early quarter-final match while Dimitrov beat South Africa’s Kevin Anderson.
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