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Berdych, Tipsarevic, Raonic into Tokyo quarters

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Berdych, Tipsarevic and Raonic advance to quarterfinals of Tokyo Open.

Tomas Berdych, Janko Tipsarevic and Milos Raonic progressed to the quarterfinals of the Japan Open with comfortable victories on Thursday.Second-seeded Berdych of the Czech Republic had a 6-3, 7-5 victory over Alejandro Falla of Colombia, Serbias Tipsarevic beat Marco Chiudinelli of Switzerland 6-4, 6-2 while Canadian Raonic went through when Serb Victor Troicki retired with injury when trailing 3-0 in the first set.Tipsarevic will take on Raonic in the quarters while Berdych will play either Spains Tommy Robredo or local Japanese hope Kei Nishikori.Top seed Andy Murray had already booked his spot in the quarters on Friday, when he will meet Switzerlands Stanislas Wawrinka.