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Posposil bests Berdych in Rogers Cup

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Two Canadians are left in the Rogers Cup and both were in action Thursday.

First, Vasek Pospisil took on Tomas Berdych.

Pospisil, has never beaten a player in the top 10.

Berdych, ranked 6th in the world, 5th in this tourney.

What a match this was. We pick it up at 5-5, both players holding serve, until a great rally ends with the Pospisil break point. He goes up 6-5..

On set point, Berdych puts it in the net and Pospisil wins the first set..

2nd set and Berdych comes on strong and dominated. Here, he breaks Vasek when his shot goes long. And goes on to win the set 6-2.

3rd set goes to a tie breaker. Of course there would be 6-5 Pospisil and Burdych with the serve and his return goes long. Pospisil wins 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 and he’s on his way to the quarterfinals as is Milos Raonic.

Raonic won 7-5, 6-4 over sixth-seeded Juan Martin Del Potro.