charlotte.com
Jul 26, 2008
Britain's Andy Murray eliminated defending champion Novak Djokovic from the Rogers Cup tennis tournament with a 6-3, 7-6 (3) win in quarterfinal action on Friday night.He'll play either second seed Rafael Nadal or 10th-seeded Richard Gasquet. They played late Friday.Meanwhile, seventh-seeded James Blake became the latest big-name player to lose at the Rogers Cup when he was routed 6-1, 6-2 by Nicolas Kiefer. Kiefer, ranked 37th in the world, will play Gilles Simon, who defeated Marin Cilic 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.Kiefer and Simon are the unlikely winners in a bracket that featured Roger Federer, Nikolay Davydenko, Andy Roddick and Blake.Wimbledon champion Venus Williams has withdrawn from next week's Rogers Cup women's tournament with a knee injury. She did not want to risk aggravating the soreness in her knee ahead of the Beijing...
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