Subdued eighth seed Milos Raonic's French Open came to an abrupt halt when he was swept aside 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 by Spanish claycourter Albert Ramos-Vinolas in the fourth round Sunday. The big-serving Canadian could make little impression against the dogged, 28-year-old left-hander who finished the contest with an angled smash on his third match point. "I had a simple task out there to try to find a way to win and I wasn't able to find that today," the 25-year-old Raonic, who dropped serve five times, told a news conference. "I gave myself opportunities on his serve, but the day is a lot easier for the other guy when I don't serve well." The No. 1 women's double pairing of Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza bowed out, losing 6-3, 6-2 to the Czech team of Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova. Hingis and Mirza are the reigning Wimbledon, US Open and Australian Open champions. World No. 2 Andy Murray and defending champion Stan Wawrinka edged closer to a French Open semifinal duel when they reached the last-eight. Murray made the quarterfinals for the sixth time with a 7-6 (11/9), 6-4, 6-3 win over John Isner of the United States. The 29-year-old, a three-time semi-finalist, will face Richard Gasquet, who kept alive hopes of a first home win in 33 years at the French Open, outplaying fifth seed Kei Nishikori 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2. The 29-year-old, best known for his superb single-handed backhand drives, trailed 2-4 early in the first set, but after an hour-long rain delay, he won nine out of the next 10 games to turn the match on its head. Wawrinka, the third seed, saw off Serbia's Viktor Troicki 7-6 (7/5), 6-7 (7/9), 6-3, 6-2 for his 11th straight win in the year's second Grand Slam. He will next face Ramos-Vinolas. "It was far from easy with tough conditions — heavy and cold, but I am happy to have come through it," 31-year-old Wawrinka said. "It was a big battle, but I was able to stay calm and win this match." America's world No. 108 Shelby Rogers reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Romanian 25th seed Irina Camelia-Begu. Rogers is just the ninth woman outside of the top 100 to make the last eight in Paris since 1983. Rogers has now beaten three seeds in her run at Roland Garros having seen off 17th seed Karolina Pliskova in the first round and 10th seed Petra Kvitova in the last 32. She will face Spanish fourth seed Garbine Muguruza for a place in the semifinals. Muguruza ousted 2009 champion Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3, 6-4 in an intense contest. The fourth-seeded Spanish player needed five match points in the final game to finish off the 13th-seeded Russian. Novak Djokovic won his race against the clock, performing in a "night show" as he beat Briton Aljaz Bedene 6-2, 6-3, 6-3 to reach the last 16 Saturday. After rain cut two-and-a-half hours from the day at Roland Garros, the world No. 1 did not even get on court until 7:25pm local time and had a small window of opportunity to ensure he got a day off Sunday. — Agencies
