Rome, Italy (SportsNetwork.com) - Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka was sent packing, while Wimbledon titlist Andy Murray found safe passage into the quarterfinals at the $4 million Italian Open, an ATP Masters 1000 event.
Ageless 15th-seeded German Tommy Haas upended the third-seeded recent Monte Carlo Masters champion Wawrinka 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 on Day 5 on the red clay at Foro Italico.
The 36-year-old Haas was a Rome runner-up in 2002.
Meanwhile, the seventh-seeded Murray avoided a third-round upset by dousing veteran Austrian left-hander Jurgen Melzer 7-6 (7-1), 6-4.
Also on Thursday, eighth-seeded Canadian slugger Milos Raonic handled 11th- seeded former Aussie Open runner-up Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 and France's Jeremy Chardy drilled Croat Ivan Dodig 6-3, 6-2. Chardy stunned three-time Rome finalist Roger Federer on Wednesday.
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