Japan’s Kei Nishikori advances to Toronto semifinals

Djokovic stands 47-4 on the season, with six titles.

The world number one won their meeting two years later at the Olympics coming back from a set down to register a 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 victory in the quarterfinals and the Serb went on to leave Beijing with a Bronze medal.

Give me Djokovic to advance to yet another final.

The only hiccup for Williams was the seventh game of the first set.

A key factor in Djokovic’s triumph was his ability to dominate points on his first serve. The Czech appeared frustrated and soon after Djokovic had clinched the decisive break. Then, in the tiebreak, Berdych built a 6-3 lead and it was his to win, until, two unforced errors later, it wasn’t.

Halep, seeded fifth, will have a chance to avenge her quarter-final Wimbledon defeat at the hands of Australian Open champion Kerber, who reached the final four in Montreal with an emphatic 6-2, 6-2 victory over teenager Daria Kasatinka.

The victor will be crowned on Sunday and will receive the first place prize of $685,000 dollars and 1,000 ATP points. He claimed 79 per cent of first-serve points in the one-hour, 28-minute exhibition.

World No 1 Djokovic comes into the clash targeting a record 30th ATP Masters 1000 title and a fourth Canadian Masters championship.

“I think he started much better tennis first couple games, especially”. He’s made the French Open semifinals this year. Berdych squeezes past Rogers Cup qualifier Ryan Harrison in their second round match. Trying also to look for the opportunities.

Canada’s top tennis player continues his strong play in his home tournament.

In all, Raonic had 15 aces to Donaldson’s three. “He takes away the time of the opponent”. The final upset of the day was No. 13 Lucas Pouille of France falling to American Rajeev Ram in straight sets.

In 11 previous matches against Monfils, Djokovic is unbeaten. Lastly, we also won with Gael Monfils in a back-and-forth match.

“It was definitely more straightforward than some of our other matches”, Williams said. In the 2014 quarterfinals in New York, Nishikori outlasted his Swiss adversary 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7), 6-7 (5), 6-4 on his way to a runner-up performance.

Lu, who advanced to the second round on Tuesday with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Alexander Zverev of Germany, will have few backers among the expected capacity crowd at the 12,500-seat Aviva Centre.

Frenchman Gael Monfils maintained his run of brilliant form when he nullified Milos Raonic’s big serve to eliminate the local favourite from the Rogers Cup in Toronto on Friday.

Earlier Friday, Wawrinka topped South Africa’s Kevin Anderson 6-1, 6-3 in their quarter-final matchup.