Former world number one, Rafa Nadal has been sent packing from Rogers Cup with a straight-sets loss in the quarter-finals.
Kei Nishikori swept aside Rafa Nadal with a 6-2 6-4 victory.
Japan's Nishikori, seeded fourth, took just 82 minutes to beat the Spaniard, a 14-time grand slam champion and a winner three times at the Rogers Cup.
"I was close in Madrid, but today I was dominating everything," said Nishikori after getting his first win over Nadal in eight attempts.
"I definitely needed to change some of my tactics when playing against Rafa. I had to play 100 percent to beat him."
Nishikori will next meet Andy Murray in the semi-finals after the Briton defeated defending champ Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France 6-4 6-4.
Nishikori won his third title of the season in Washington last week and is hitting his stride ahead of the US Open. The 25-year-old reached the final at Flushing Meadows last year only to lose in straight sets to Marin Cilic.
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