Canada's Milos Raonic reaches Toronto quarterfinals

TORONTO — Milos Raonic easily advanced to the Rogers Cup quarterfinals in front of his home fans, routing American qualifier Jared Donaldson 6-2, 6-3 on Thursday night.

The fourth-seeded Raonic, the Montenegro-born player who moved to the Toronto area when he was 3, set up a match Friday against Gael Monfils, the 10th-seeded Frenchman who won the Citi Open on Sunday in Washington.

Monfils outlasted Belgium's David Goffin 7-6 (5), 2-6, 6-4, winning when Goffin put a backhand into the net at York University's Aviva Centre.

"I love to play when it's crowded, and if the crowd is for the other one, it's fine," Monfils said about facing a Canadian in Canada. "I expect a very good match."

Top-seeded Novak Djokovic of Serbia played Radek Stempanek of the Czech Republic in the late match. The winner will face fifth-seeded Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic, a 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-4 winner over American Ryan Harrison.

Also, second-seeded Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland beat 16th-seeded Jack Sock of the United States 7-6 (3), 6-2; third-seeded Kei Nishikori of Japan topped Rajeev Ram of the United States, 6-3, 6-4; South Africa's Kevin Anderson edged 12th-seeded Bernard Tomic of Australia 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; and Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov beat Croatia's Ivo Karlovic 6-3, 7-5.

Wawrinka will face the 6-foot-6 Anderson.

"I'm playing against Anderson, who I lost many times against him," Wawrinka said. "I lost two years ago when I played him here. It's going to be interesting match to play again against him. It's always been difficult to beat him, but hopefully I can do that tomorrow."

Nishikori will play Dimitrov.