MONTREAL — World No. 1 Novak Djokovic, second seed Andy Murray and three-time champion Rafa Nadal were all cheered into the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup on Thursday while controversial Australian Nick Kyrgios exited to boos and a hefty fine. Djokovic, also a three time winner on the Canadian hardcourts, needed only 54 minutes to complete a 6-2, 6-1 demolition of American Jack Sock, while Murray was equally economic in disposing of Luxembourg's Gilles Muller 6-3 6-2 in just over an hour. Nadal, finding his hardcourt footing coming off a clay court win in Hamburg, produced a snappy 6-3, 6-3 victory over Russian qualifier Mikhail Youzhny as Japanese fourth seed Kei Nishikori rolled to a 6-4, 6-4 win over 13th seed David Goffin. Defending champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France beat Australia's Bernard Tomic 7-6 (7), 6-3. While there were plenty of cheers in be heard across the Montreal tennis complex on Thursday few were for Kyrgios who entered his match to boos and exited the same way after falling 7-5, 6-3 to big-hitting American John Isner. The Australian had insulted Swiss opponent Stan Wawrinka Wednesday during their second round encounter. Prior to the match the ATP had fined Kyrgios $10,000, the maximum penalty available, for remarks directed at Wawrinka about his girlfriend picked up by a courtside microphone. With Isner serving for the match there were more boos for Kyrgios who lost his cool again engaging in a heated exchange with a spectator yelling “You're so tough man, so tough.” Coming off an opening match loss in Washington last week, Murray has also finding his footing on the Canadian hardcourts advancing to the final eight in singles but crashed out later in the doubles losing to his brother Jamie. The doubles match won by Jamie Murray and Australian John Peers 6-4, 7-6(9) marked the first time the two Murray's played against each other as professionals. Djokovic will face Latvia's Ernests Gulbis in the quarterfinals. Gulbis beat American Donald Young 6-4, 6-4. In the other quarterfinals, Nadal will face Nishikori, Murray will meet Tsonga, and Isner will play France's Jeremy Chardy. Chardy beat Croatia's Ivo Karlovic 4-6, 7-6 (1), 6-4. Serena in quarters Top-ranked Serena Williams advanced to the Rogers Cup quarterfinals Thursday night, beating 16th-seeded Andrea Petkovic of Germany 6-3, 6-2. Williams won titles in Toronto titles in 2001, 2011 and 2013. The 21-time Grand Slam singles champion will face Italy's Roberta Vinci, a 6-4, 6-3 winner over Russia's Daria Gavrilova. Second-seeded Simona Halep of Romania also advanced, outlasting 13th-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 in hot afternoon conditions. Halep will face sixth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland, a 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 winner over Alize Cornet of France. In the late match, fifth-seeded Ana Ivanovic of Serbia played Slovenia's Polona Hercog. Unseeded Belinda Bencic topped Sabine Lisicki 6-1, 1-6, 7-6 (3) to keep her run going. The 20th-ranked player from Switzerland opened the tournament with a victory over slumping Canadian Eugenie Bouchard and followed it with an upset win over fifth-ranked Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark. Bencic will play the Ivanovic-Hercog winner. Also, 15th-seeded Sara Errani of Italy beat Belarus' Victoria Azarenka 7-5, 6-3, and Ukraine's Lesia Tsurenko beat Germany's Carina Witthoeft 6-3, 6-4. — Agencies
