Canadian Milos Raonic fired down 13 aces to defeat Miomir Kecmanovic 6-3, 6-4 and set up a BNP Paribas Open semi-final against Dominic Thiem after the Austrian's opponent, Gael Monfils, withdrew injured before their match on Thursday.

Milos Raonic downs Miomir Kecmanovic, Dominic Thiem gets walk over at Indian Wells

Top seed Dominic Thiem was knocked out of the Rio Open in the first round on Tuesday, going down 6-3, 6-3 to Laslo Derje, a result that gave the unheralded Serbian his first victory over a top 10 player in his career.

Top seed Dominic Thiem knocked out of Rio Open in first round

Kevin Anderson made a winning debut at the ATP Finals with a 6-3, 7-6(10) victory over Austrian Dominic Thiem in the opening singles match at the O2 Arena on Sunday.

Anderson off to flyer at ATP Finals with win over Thiem

Spain's Rafael Nadal maintained the top spot of men's Association of Tennis Professionals world singles rankings released on Monday with 7,660 points. Serbia's Novak Djokovic, who has returned to his brutal best this season with Grand Slam wins at Wimbledon and US Open, climbed one spot up to the second after winning the Shanghai Masters title for the fourth time in a row on Sunday.

Rafael Nadal holds top spot in ATP rankings, Djokovic in 2nd

Nadal is the only second player in history to win the same Grand Slam on 11 occasions

Rafael Nadal routs Dominic Thiem to clinch 11th French Open title

The 2018 French Open men's singles final is set, world number one Rafael Nadal will face Austrian Dominic Thiem at Philippe-Chatrier

French Open: Dominic Thiem or Rafael Nadal? Who will win the men's singles final

The Seventh seed Thiem is the first Austrian to make a final at the majors

Dominic Thiem beats Cecchinato to book place in French Open finals

Dominic Thiem defeated Alexander Zverev 6-4, 6-2, 6-1 to enter his third successive French Open semi-final

French Open: Dominic Thiem eases past Alexander Zverev to enter semi-final

Zverev will meet Dominic Thiem and Novak Djokovic will face Marco Cecchinato in the quarter-final of this year's French Open

French Open: Alexander Zverev, Novak Djokovic advance to quarter-finals of men's singles

Dominic Thiem and Marco Cecchinato will meet Alexander Zverev and Novak Djokovic in the quarter-finals of French Open

Dominic Thiem and Marco Cecchinato enter the quarter-finals of French Open

Austrian Dominic Thiem, last week's Madrid finalist, crashed at the first hurdle at Italian Open and top women's seed Simona Halep demolished Japan's Naomi Osaka

Thiem crashes in Rome, Halep demolishes Osaka

Dominic Thiem lost to Alexander Zverev in the Madrid Masters final

Zverev outplays Thiem to win Madrid Masters

The fifth seed won 6-4 6-2 as he continued the scintillating form

Dominic Thiem beats Anderson for first time to reach Madrid final

Austrian tennis star Dominic Thiem defeated world number one Rafael Nadal 7-5 6-3 in the quarter-finals of the Madrid Open

Rafael Nadal's unbeaten run ends as Dominic Thiem knocks him out of Madrid Open

Fifth seed Dominic Thiem came from behind to knock out Novak Djokovic in the Monte Carlo Masters third round on Thursday and set up a quarter-final clash with defending champion Rafa Nadal

Dominic Thiem upsets Djokovic in Monte Carlo to set up Nadal clash

Djokivic launched his bid for a fifth successive title with a 6-7(10), 6-0, 6-2 victory over Austrian debutant Dominic Thiem

ATP World Tour Finals: Djokovic beats Thiem after early scare

The men's tennis event has already lost a host of stars either through injury, scheduling problems or worries over Zika virus

Spain's flag bearer Rafael Nadal doubtful over Rio participation

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