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ROME - Canadian Milos Raonic advanced to his first semifinal of the season Friday after a 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 quarter-final win over Jeremy Chardy of France at the Italian Open. Tedy Bruschi Womens Jersey . Raonic, from Thornhill, Ont., will next play second-ranked Novak Djokovic of Serbia, who is back on track after a right wrist injury sidelined him last week. Raonic led by a set and a break at 6-3, 4-3 before losing his serve for the first time in the tournament. Chardy broke again at 6-5 to force a third set on an overcast day at the Foro Italico. Djokovic, who sat out last weeks Madrid Open, overcame a stiff challenge from David Ferrer before grinding out a 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 win. Djokovic double-faulted on his first match point but then won a 38-shot rally before eventually closing it out in just over 2 1/2 hours. Djokovic is aiming for third Rome title, having won the clay-court event in 2008 and 2011. Also reaching the last four was Grigor Dimitrov, who celebrated his 23rd birthday with a win when 36-year-old Tommy Haas retired after losing the first set 6-2 due to a right shoulder injury — spoiling a matchup between the youngest and oldest players in the top 20. Dimitrovs semifinal opponent will be either seven-time Rome champion Rafael Nadal or Wimbledon title-holder Andy Murray, who were playing later in the last key warm-up event before the French Open starts in nine days. "Its definitely one of the most memorable days of my life," Dimitrov said upon reaching his first Masters series semifinal. "Im just a happy birthday boy today." In womens play, Sara Errani took advantage of a supportive crowd to beat second-seeded Li Na 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 and reach the semifinals for the second consecutive year. Errani will next meet either 2007 and 2008 Rome champion Jelena Jankovic or third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska. In the other half of the draw, 2008 French Open champion Ana Ivanovic beat 13th-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 and will face either top-ranked Serena Williams or Zhang Shuai of China. The 10th-seeded Errani is attempting to become the first Italian to win the tournament since Raffaella Reggi took the title 29 years ago in Taranto. The last Italian man to win was Adriano Panatta back in 1976. Li was unusually inconsistent, committing 52 unforced errors to Erranis 21, and appeared rattled by a close call from the chair umpire early in the third set. Errani celebrated by waving her arms to incite the crowd. "I did well not to get carried away by the euphoria," Errani said. "Its difficult to describe how it felt at the end. The fans were incredible." ___ With files from The Canadian Press. Tedy Bruschi Youth Jersey . MacLean clocked 8:24.91 seconds, eclipsing the previous mark of 8:27.59 set by Brittany Reimer of Victoria at the 2005 FINA World Championships in Montreal. MacLean and Tabitha Baumann of Ottawa -- second in 8:32.37 -- both went under the qualifying standard to be nominated to the Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacific teams. Rob Gronkowski Patriots Jersey . Englands only win in the four most recent trips north had been tight, and Scotland was expected after losing 28-6 to Ireland six days ago to show some venom against its archrival.NORTH BAY, Ont. - Carter Verhaeghe scored the winner with 41 seconds to go as the Niagara IceDogs edged the North Bay Battalion 3-2 to even their first-round series at a game apiece in Ontario Hockey League playoff action on Sunday. Jordan Maletta and Anthony DiFruscia also scored for Niagara, and Verhaeghe added an assist for a two-point night. Nick Paul and Brenden Miller scored third-period goals for North Bay, who took Game 1 of the series 4-0 on Friday. Niagaras Brent Moran stopped 34 shots for the win while Battalion goaltender Jake Smith made 18 saves in defeat. --- GENERALS 3 STEELHEADS 2 (OT) OSHAWA, Ont. — Cole Cassels scored a power-play goal 6:48 into overtime as Oshawa came from behind to take a 2-0 first-round series lead over Mississauga. Josh Sterk had a power-play goal and an assist, and Bradley Latour also scored on the man advantage in regulation time for the Generals, who beat the SSteelheads 6-0 in Game 1 on Friday. Kevin Faulk Patriots Jersey. Mississauga led 2-0 after goals from Brett Foy and Lucas Venuto before Oshawa stormed back. Andrew Goldberg had two assists. Oshawas Daniel Altshuller stopped 21 shots for the win. Steelheads goalie Spencer Martin made 35 saves in defeat. --- FRONTENACS 5 PETES 4 (OT) KINGSTON, Ont. — Roland McKeown scored on a power play 8:27 into overtime to lift the Frontenacs to a 2-0 first-round series lead over the Petes. Robert Polesello scored twice, Sam Bennett had a goal and two assists, and Ryan Kujawinski also scored for Kingston, which took Game 1 on Friday 4-1. McKeown also had an assist for a two-point night. Eric Cornel scored twice and Greg Betzold and Michael Clark had a goal and an assist apiece for Peterborough, which was outshot 44-29. Matt Mahalak stopped 25 shots for the Frontenacs while Petes goalie Andrew DAgostini made 39 saves. ' ' '