Rafael Nadal makes shock Rogers Cup exit in Montreal

Nadal was playing his first match since losing the Wimbledon final to Novak Djokovic in July

Rafael Nadal is out of the Rogers Cup after a shock second round defeat against Croatia's Ivan Dodig.

The Spaniard, playing for the first time since losing to Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final in July, won the opening set 6-1.

However, Dodig hit back to take the next two sets, both on tie-breaks, and clinch the match 1-6 7-6 7-6.

Two-time winner Roger Federer reached the last 16 with a 7-5 6-3 win over Canadian Vasek Pospisil.

Dodig, who hit 19 aces in all, will play Janko Tipsarevic for a place in the quarter-finals.

"This is the greatest moment of my life," said Dodig who is ranked 41 in the world.

Nadal, winner of the Canadian event in 2005 and 2008, said: "He played very well, very aggressive.

"He didn't feel the pressure in the important moments. And at the end of the match, probably I was a little bit unlucky today, no?"

Federer, who lost in last year's Montreal final to Andy Murray, broke his opponent once in each set serving four aces in total.

The 16-time Grand Slam champion will now play Jo-Wilfried Tsonga for a place in the quarter-finals.

Frenchman Tsonga, who beat Federer in an enthralling five-set epic in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon in June, beat Australian Bernard Tomic 6-3 7-6 (7-1).

Djokovic, the 2007 Rogers Cup champion, had to survive a scare before beating 30th-ranked Nikolay Davydenko of Russia 7-5 6-1 to improve his stunning 2011 winning record to 49-1 overall and 25-0 on hard courts.

Andy Murray put his singles' exit behind him as he teamed up with brother Jamie in the doubles event - the Scottish pair beat Canadians Eric Chvojka and Pierre-Ludovic Duclos in a final set champions tie-break.

The Murrays won the first set 6-2, then lost the second set by the same score. They won the deciding champions tie-break 10-7.