RAONIC INTO QUARTERS

(AFP) ESTORIL, Portugal

Canadian Milos Raonic reached his first career quarter-final on clay with a 6-3, 6-3 defeat of Portugal's Joao Sousa at the ATP-WTA Estoril Open here on Thursday.

Raonic, seeded fifth and ranked 26th, kept his level high on the clay as he prepares to play as a seed at Roland Garros starting May 22.

The youngster who began the season just inside the Top 200 before breaking through with a title in San Jose and final a week later in Memphis, will Friday face the French fourth seed Gilles Simon.