WASHINGTON — Canadian Milos Raonic has been been eliminated in the third round of the Citi Open, falling in straight sets 5-7, 6-7 (7) to Australia's Marinko Matosevic.
In his first match since losing in the second round at Wimbledon, the fourth-seeded Raonic finished with 19 aces and four doubles faults against Matosevic, who is ranked 83rd in singles on the ATP Tour. Raonic, the world's 13th ranked player, will next play at the Rogers Cup in Montreal beginning Aug. 2.
Playing his first match since losing a record-setting Wimbledon semifinal on a bad left knee nearly a month ago, Juan Martin del Potro recorded a quick 6-1, 7-5 victory over Ryan Harrison at the Citi Open on Thursday.
Two-time Citi Open champion del Potro said his knee felt fine; he wasn't wearing any sort of strapping the way he did at the All England Club after hyperextending it on a fall during a match. The Argentine, who is No. 7 in the ATP rankings, hadn't competed since July 5, when he was eliminated in five sets by No. 1 Novak Djokovic in 4 hours, 43 minutes; the longest semifinal in Wimbledon history.
Del Potro, who received a first-round bye, was scheduled to return to the court to face 14th-seeded Bernard Tomic of Australia later Thursday. That's because the match against Harrison was supposed to be played Wednesday but was postponed by rain.
"You never know" how the knee will hold up, said del Potro's coach, Franco Davin. "For now, it's OK."
Del Potro only needed to play 70 minutes in muggy conditions against Harrison, who was ranked inside the top 50 last year.
Two other Americans joined Harrison on the way out Thursday with exits against highly seeded men: Jack Sock lost to No. 2 Kei Nishikori of Japan 7-5, 6-2, while Tim Smyczek was beaten by No. 3 Tommy Haas of Germany 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 in a match suspended Wednesday after the opening game of the final set.
Nishikori was to take on No. 16 Marcos Baghdatis later Thursday, while Haas had to go back out to face No. 13 Ivan Dodig at night.
South African No. 7 seed Kevin Anderson eliminated Australian James Duckworth 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, then played again and beat Mardy Fish of the United States 7-6 (2), 6-1. Before that match finished, Fish's withdrawal from next week's tournament in Montreal was announced; the event said he pulled out for personal reasons.
In women's action, top-seeded Angelique Kerber defeated 2009 U.S. Open quarterfinalist Melanie Oudin 7-5, 6-0; No. 3 Ekaterina Makarova eliminated Caroline Garcia 6-2, 6-0; and No. 5 Sorana Cirstea got past Alison Riske of the U.S., 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.
The most unusual ending to a match came when Olga Puchkova of Russia was defaulted by the WTA supervisor after hitting a line judge in the knee with a ball between points. She was trailing Paula Ormaechea of Argentina 3-6, 6-3, 4-1 when Puchkova was forced to forfeit even though she said it was an accident.
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