Nick Kyrgios was comprehensively dumped out of the Rogers Cup on Thursday night, falling 7-5, 6-3 to the big-serving John Isner, with the Australian leaving the court in Montreal to a chorus of boos from supporters.
Before the match the ATP had fined Kyrgios $10,000, the maximum penalty available, for the 20-year-old’s remarks to Wawrinka about his girlfriend picked up by a courtside microphone during his second-round match.
Krygios, who was booed before starting the third-round match, also got into a heated exchange with a spectator as Isner served for the match, yelling: “You’re so tough man, so tough.”
The world No1 Novak Djokovic, second seed Andy Murray and three-times champion Rafa Nadal all made it safely into the quarter-finals. Djokovic needed only 54 minutes to complete a 6-2, 6-1 demolition of the American Jack Sock.
“At the beginning of the match I think we were both a bit rusty,” said Djokovic. “But I just managed to make the crucial break. That was the turning point, going up 3-2 in the first set. Then I was in control.”
Murray was equally economic in disposing of Luxembourg’s Gilles Müller 6-3, 6-2 in little 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 the Russian qualifier Mikhail Youzhny as the Japanese fourth seed, Kei Nishikori, rolled to a 6-4, 6-4 win over the 13th seed David Goffin.
Djokovic continues to dominate at the ATP Tour’s biggest events, running his Masters 1000 winning streak to 28 matches.
Coming off an opening-match loss in Washington last week, Murray has also found form on the Canadian hardcourts, advancing to the final eight in singles but losing out later in the doubles to his brother, Jamie.
The doubles match won by Jamie Murray and the Australian John Peers 6-4, 7-6 (9-7) marked the first time the two Murrays have played against each other as professionals. “It’s not ideal, not a situation I want to be in all of the time,” Andy said. “Doubles is Jamie’s career. I support him every single week.”
