Belgian Olivier Rochus edged No. 5 seed Alex Bogomolov Jr. 1-6, 6-4, 7-6(5) in first-round action Wednesday at the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships.
On the back of his San Jose title defence, Raonic found an extra source of inspiration to continue his success in Memphis this week. On Tuesday evening at the Memphis Grizzlies NBA Basketball game, the 21 year old met fellow Montenegro native Nikola Vucevic of the visiting Philadelphia 76ers during the pre-game warm-up.
Top seed David Ferrer notched his 10th match win of the season Wednesday in Buenos Aires, defeating Argentine Facundo Bagnis 6-3, 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals of the Copa Claro.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga began his Open 13 campaign with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over fellow Frenchman Nicolas Mahut in 56 minutes on Wednesday. It was the pair's third meeting.
Britons Jamie Delgado and Ken Skupski advanced to the Open 13 semi-finals Wednesday with a 6-3, 6-3 win over David Guez and Florent Serra in 59 minutes.