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Stanislas Wawrinka finished with 30 winners and 28 unforced errors and never faced a break point.

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Monte Carlo, Monaco: Australian Open winner Stanislas Wawrinka reached the semi-finals of the

Monte Carlo Masters on Friday with a 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 victory over Canadian Milos Raonic.

Wawrinka, who had a walkover in the previous round when Spain's Nicolas Almagro pulled out with a

foot injury, will wait for a weekend opponent as eight-time champion Rafael Nadal faces compatriot and

good friend David Ferrer, seeded sixth.

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Wawrinka, who has dragged himself out of a short slump he suffered after beating Nadal for the grand

slam title in Melbourne three months ago, took control as eighth seed Raonic twice lost leads in the

opening set tie-breaker.

The mistakes gave an opening to Wawrinka, who took the first set on his initial opportunity and then

broke to start the second as the frustrated Raonic let go of a 40-15 lead in the first game.

From that point on, momentum totally shifted to the Swiss world number three, who broke the Canadian

again for 5-2 before serving out for the match in 90 minutes.

Wawrinka finished with 30 winners and 28 unforced errors and never faced a break point. The Swiss

was playing his third consecutive quarter-final at the event which marks the start of the European clay

season and the run-up to Roland Garros which begins on May 25.

He now stands 3-0 over Raonic, who was playing his first clay court quarter-final at the Masters 1000

level.

Wawrinak duplicated his 2009 result by reaching the semi-finals and improving his season record to

18-3.

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