Rafa Nadal enters Rogers Cup quarter finals

Three-time champion Rafa Nadal was cheered into the quarter-finals of the Rogers Cup on Thursday while controversial Australian Nick Kyrgios exited to boos and a hefty fine after being ousted by John Isner.

Nadal, finding his hardcourt footing coming off a clay court win in Hamburg, produced a snappy 6-3 6-3 victory over Russian qualifier Mikhail Youzhny as Japanese fourth seed Kei Nishikori rolled to a 6-4 6-4 win over 13th seed David Goffin.

While there were plenty of cheers in be heard across the Montreal tennis complex on Thursday few were for Kyrgios who entered his match to boos and exited the same way after falling 7-5 6-3 to big-hitting American Isner.

The Australian had insulted Swiss opponent Stan Wawrinka on Wednesday during their second round encounter.

Prior to the match the ATP had fined Kyrgios $10,000, the maximum penalty available, for remarks directed at Wawrinka about his girlfriend picked up by a courtside microphone.

With Isner serving for the match there were more boos for Kyrgios who lost his cool again engaging in a heated exchange with a spectator yelling “You’re so tough man, so tough”.

break chance, which he was unable to convert.

Speaking to reporters afterwards, Kyrgios said he was ready to move on.

“I apologized in public and privately as well, you know I’ve been fine so everything’s sort of put to bed now and I thought we could move on from it.”