Fish, Gasquet win before rain at Rogers Cup

Toronto: Mardy Fish and Richard Gasquet won their third round matches on Friday before rain disrupted play at the Rogers Cup.

Fish rallied to beat Juan Monaco 2-6, 6-1, 6-4, and Gasquet advanced with a 6-4, 6-2 upset of fourth-seed Tomas Berdych. Janko Tipsarevic defeated Marin Cilic 6-2, 6-4, and Novak Djokovic led Sam Querrey 6-4, 4-3 when the rains came.

All singles matches were called off on Thursday because of constant drizzle at the Rexall Center in Toronto. In the women's Rogers Cup at Montreal, top-ranked Victoria Azarenka withdrew from the tournament on Friday because of a knee injury.

Mardy Fish and Richard Gasquet won their third round matches before rain disrupted play at the Rogers Cup.

Azarenka, who had a first-round bye, was level at 3-3 in her second-round match against Tamira Paszek when it was suspended by rain Thursday night.

The 23-year-old Belarusian won two Olympic medals in London, taking gold in mixed doubles and bronze in singles. Meanwhile Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic dispatched Marion Bartoli 6-1, 6-1 at Uniprix Stadium.

Kvitova advanced to the quarterfinals where she will face the winner of the third-round match between Paszek and Carla Suarez Navarro.

Azarenka joins second-ranked Maria Sharapova, who withdrew Wednesday because of a virus.

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