France's Gael Monfils topped Belgium's David Goffin 7-6 (5), 2-6, 6-4, on Thursday in the third round of the Rogers Cup.
Goffin lost the match when he put a backhand into the net, with Monfils pumping his fist in celebration on the grandstand court at York University's Aviva Centre.
Monfils will play the winner of tonight's match between Canadian Milos Raonic and American qualifier Jared Donaldson in the quarter-finals.
Top-seeded Novak Djokovic was scheduled to face Radek Stempanek after Raonic's match on centre court.
Earlier in the day, second seeded Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland downed American Jack Sock 7-6 (3), 6-2.
Sock forced a tiebreak in the first set, even taking a 3-2 lead, but Wawrinka won four consecutive points to win the set.
In women's action in Montreal, fifth-seeded Simona Halep of Romania bulled past 14th seeded Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals.
Russian Daria Kasatkina upset seventh-seeded Roberta Vinci of Italy 7-5, 6-3 in another third round match at Uniprix Stadium.
Halep, who lost the Rogers Cup final to Belinda Bencic last year in Toronto, posted her third win over Pliskova this year. In her quarter-final, she will face the winner of a later match between Svetlana Kuznetsova and Petra Kvitova.
Kasatkina will play the winner between Elina Svitolina and Angelique Kerber.
Canada's Eugenie Bouchard is slated to play Kristina Kucova on Thursday night.
Wawrinka, Monfils advance to Rogers Cup quarter-finals
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