France’s Julien Benneteau stunned Australian Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka 1-6, 6-1, 6-2 at the Western and Southern Open to reach the first Masters semifinal of his career. In other quarterfinals, Milos Raonic dismissed Fabio Fognini, while top-seeded Serena Williams took out Jelena Jankovic in the women’s event.
Meanwhile on Thursday, Spain’s Tommy Robredo shocked World No. 1 Novak Djokovic 7-6(6), 7-5 to move into the quarterfinals.
For the 16th seeded Robredo, the victory was his first over Djokovic since their first meeting in 2005, the Serb sweeping their next six meetings.
Sania-Black ousted In women’s doubles, Sania Mirza and Cara Black went down to Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain and Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Shvedova 3-6, 3-6.
Earlier, fifth seeds Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek lost to Vasek Pospisil and Jack Sock.
The results (third round): Men: Quarterfinals: Julien Benneteau bt Stan Wawrinka 1-6, 6-1, 6-2; Milos Raonic bt Fabio Fognini 6-1, 6-0.
Third round: Tommy Robredo bt Novak Djokovic 7-6(6), 7-5; David Ferrer bt Mikhail Youzhny 7-5, 6-0; Wawrinka bt Marin Cilic 3-6, 6-0, 6-1; Benneteau bt Jerzy Janowicz 7-5, 6-1; Raonic bt Steve Johnson 6-7(7), 6-3, 7-6(4); Fognini bt Lu Yen-Hsun 3-6, 6-3, 6-3; Andy Murray bt John Isner 6-7(3), 6-4, 7-6(2); Roger Federer bt Gael Monfils 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.
Women: Quarterfinals: Serena Williams bt Jelena Jankovic 6-1, 6-3. Third round: Serena bt Flavia Pennetta 6-2, 6-2; Jankovic bt Sloane Stephens 7-6(4), 6-4; Agnieszka Radwanska bt Sabine Lisicki 6-1, 6-1; Caroline Wozniacki bt Angelique Kerber 7-5, 6-2; Ana Ivanovic bt Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-2, 2-6, 6-3; Maria Sharapova bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4, 7-6(2); Simona Halep bt Lucie Safarova 6-4, 7-5.
