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LONDON -- Milos Raonic didnt mince words when describing his latest early exit from the All England club. Raonic was eliminated in the second round at Wimbledon on Thursday as he dropped a 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 (4) decision to Igor Sijsling of the Netherlands. The loss left Montreals Eugenie Bouchard as the last remaining Canadian player in singles competition. She beat Ana Ivanovic on Wednesday to advance to the third round. Sijsling needed just over two hours to complete the straight-sets victory over Raonic. "At one stage I lost 12 points in a row -- pathetic," Raonic said. "When I did have chances he played well and I couldnt do what I wanted to do. "Wimbledons still my favourite tournament. Its me thats the problem, not the court." Raonic had opportunities to break Sijsling in the second set and get back into the match, but the hard-serving Dutch native had an answer every time. "At the end of the second set I had those three break point and he hit huge serves to save them, I didnt do enough with second serve and he put a lot of pressure on me, he said. "He played much better than I expected. I was trying to force myself in the second set. He found the answers when I did get something going." Raonic, the No. 17 seed from Thornhill, Ont., has now lost in the second round here in all three career appearances at the Grand Slam event. After winning just a single match over the short grass-court season, Raonic will look ahead to the summer hardcourt campaign most suited to his big-hitting game. He said hes looking forward to a short break before getting in his first long-term training with new coach Ivan Ljubicic. "It will be three weeks of hard work, Im looking forward to it, he said. "I know I can gain confidence from working on my game. I want to get things right." Earlier in the day, Ottawas Jesse Levine dropped a 6-2, 7-6 (7), 6-3 decision to eighth-seeded Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina. Del Potro, the 2009 U.S. Open champion, overcame a three-point deficit in the second-set tiebreaker before taking the third set in 31 minutes. "In the first set I was grasping at everything, it took me a set to settle in," said Levine. "In the second I started to play well, I served for the set and saved a couple of set points. "But guys in the top 10 can come up with the big shots at the right moment and thats what he did. Im happy with how I played and the showing I had." The loss prevented Levine from equalling his best career Grand Slam result. He reached the third round at the All England Club in 2009. Levine, the world No. 112, said he had a private moment before playing on Centre Court at the All England Club for the first time. "I had a locker-room attendant take me out before the match just so I could see what it was like," he said. "It was the first time I had set foot on it and I didnt want to be a deer in the headlights during the match. "It was different when it was full of people and I was in a pressure situation, but overall it was amazing. Id watched Wimbledon at home and now it was me playing out there." Del Potro, who didnt play the French Open because of a respiratory illness, is the only man left in the Wimbledon draw other than Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray with a Grand Slam tournament title to his name. He also won the Olympic bronze medal at the All England Club last summer. In womens doubles, Bouchard and Croatias Petra Martic defeated Laura Arruabarrena and Monica Puig of Puerto Rico 6-2 6-3. Levine and Vasek Pospisil of Vancouver were to play Lukas Dlouhy of the Czech Republic and Rajeev Ram of the U.S in mens doubles, but the match was postponed due to rain. Bouchards next singles match is scheduled for Friday against Spains Carla Suarez Navarro. 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It was Kerbers third final of the year after losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia in Monterrey in April and to Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic in Tokyo two weeks ago. The 10th-ranked German improved her record in finals to 3-5. SPRINGFIELD, Va. -- For some professional golfers this year, there are five majors.Emiliano Grillo certainly wants to win his first this week at the PGA Championship. Failing that, taking the first Olympic gold medal in the sport in 112 years would do just fine -- especially for an Argentine playing in Brazil.That Grillo is playing some of the best golf of his career right now might make him more of a factor in Rio. His 4-under-par 66 Thursday at Baltusrol had him one stroke behind Jimmy Walkers early lead.Grillo has built a nice little string of finishes the last two months, starting with an 11th at the Memorial. He was 14th at Firestone and tied for 12th at the British Open. Now, hes off to a strong start in the PGA, with the Olympic golf tournament beginning in two weeks.Id rather do that one week, one week and one week, Grillo said of the compact schedule. Because if you play good the week before, you can carry that on into the next week. Thats what Ive been doing. I played well in Troon. I played well last week (Canadian Open), and you know, Im carrying that into this week, which is very important. Its not like the past two weeks werent important.But were playing this week here and this is the important one. And were going to do the same, carrying on to Rio, and hopefully we can carry on into the playoffs and so on and so on.Ranked 37th in the world, Grillo has made the cut in his previous four majors. Clearly, the big stage doesnt bother him, and no stage is bigger for someone from Argentina than a prestigious event in Brazil.Playing anywhere in the world, it helps your confidence, Grillo said. It doesnt matter if its here, Argentina or China, it doesnt matter.It definitely helps, especially last week we play in Canada with very tough conditions, and that really helpps going into a major.dddddddddddd Its great playing good anywhere ... and to bring that momentum into a major, its very good.Grillo, 23, has been quite good for a while on the PGA Tour, even if he is anything but a household name. He won the Web.com Tour championship in 2015 and, two weeks later, won the Frys.com, which opened the current season.He will team with Fabian Gomez for Argentina at the Olympics, and hell be thinking about the biggest hero in Argentina golf, Angel Cabrera, who owns a Masters and U.S. Open title.I mean, he just keeps pretty simple, just play your own ball and you dont have to care what everybody else is doing, Grillo said. Thats what Ive been trying to do the last year and its been so far working.So Im going to continue with that.He won two majors when I was just a little kid. Watching him win the Masters -- well, the U.S. Open and then the Masters -- was unbelievable. Watching him win the green jacket back in Argentina, its a lot of motivation.Grillo was in position to tie or surpass Walker, but couldnt birdie the only two par-5 holes, the 17th and 18th. Walker birdied 18,Making par out here, its not a bad score, Grillo said. On 18, I was a bit unlucky. I was in a little divot on the second shot and so I had to hit kind of a low show instead of a high one, which kind of lands soft on the green. Its a shame I cannot make a birdie on 18, especially such a short par-5.Early Thursday, there were two eagles and 20 birdies on 18.Still, Grillo is in prime position after one round played in brutal heat.This is one of the biggest tournaments in the world, he said, and its nice to post a good score in these kind of conditions. ' ' '