TORONTO - Canadian Milos Raonic dropped a 6-4, 6-4 decision to Victor Hanescu of Romania in first-round play at the Rogers Cup.
Raonic, of Thornhill, Ont., was one of four Canadian players given wild-card entries into the ATP Masters 1000 series tournament.
The others are Frank Dancevic of Niagara Falls, Ont., Pierre-Ludovic Duclos of Ste-Foy, Que., and Peter Polansky of Thornhill, Ont.
In other early matches Monday, Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine defeated Richard Gasquet of France 7-5, 6-1, and Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina beat Alejandro Falla of Colombia 6-1, 6-3.
Raonic and Vasek Pospisil of Vancouver will play in the feature doubles match on the Rexall Centre showcourt Monday night. They will take on Rafael Nadal of Spain and Novak Djokovic of Serbia.
Nadal is the top seed in the singles draw of the US$2.43-million tournament. The top eight seeds have been given byes into the second round.
