ANDY'S OUT TO SPLIT RAFA & ROGER; UPDATE.

ANDY MURRAY will be gunning for Rafael Nadal this week at the Rogers Cup in Montreal.

The British No.1 could overtake the Spaniard in the ATP rankings and become the first man in four years to break Nadal and Swiss No.1 Roger Federer's stranglehold as the top two in tennis.

In the lead up to this month's US Open in New York, Murray said: "I'd love to get to No.2 but there's still a lot of tennis to play before I can get there."

Elena Baltacha has failed to qualify for the Cincinnati Open after a 5-7 2-6 defeat to Japan's world No.64 Ayumi Morita.

Colin Fleming lost in qualifying for the Binghampton Challenger, beaten 5-7 4-6 by Lithuania's Laurynas Grigelis.

SWIMMING: Scottish duo Louise Pate and Iain MacMillan, both Edinburgh Uni, grabbed medals at the British Grand Prix in Leeds.

Pate was third in the 100m butterfly final (58.31secs) while MacMillan denied Warrender's Lewis Smith his third medal of the week by pipping him for bronze in the 200m butterfly in 1min 55.70secs.

Hannah Miley lowered her own Commonwealth record in the 400m individual medley. The Garioch swimmer, fourth in the long-course equivalent in Rome, touched in 4:27.22, 0.05 inside her old mark.

SPEEDWAY: Edinburgh Monarchs lost for the second night running as Glasgow Tigers beat the champions 55-38 to secure a fifth straight Premier League victory.

AUTO: David Bogie is on course for the Scottish Rally title after the Dumfries driver clinched the Speyside Stages for his second successive win.

CRICKET: Aberdeenshire clinched a place in the Scottish Cup Final after a dramatic win over Clydesdale at Mannofield.

Chasing 241,the Dons had reached 223-3 - six runs ahead of the D/L par score - when rain forced an early end with 20 balls remaining.

BOWLS: Denny won the SWBA National Two Bowl Triples title at Bainfield last night, beating Keith 3-6 8-6 4-0 in the final.

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CHASE IS ON: Murray wants No.2 slot