Milos Raonic founds himself in the fourth round at the BNP Paribas Open, having barely broken a sweat

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. – Milos Raonic has come back from an injury break and played well immediately before. So far at the BNP Paribas Open, he's done exactly that.

But he's also hardly had to play at all.

The Canadian had a first-round bye and needed just 55 minutes to dispatch Iñigo Cervantes in the second round, a match in which his opponent, to put it diplomatically, didn't appear to be fully devoted to or obsessed with the Herculean task of upsetting the No. 12 seed. The Spaniard knew he was outclassed, he tried, but was one of many inside Stadium Court 2 Saturday who were rather resigned to the inevitable outcome.

Monday against his friend Bernard Tomic of Australia, Raonic had a feeling after the very first game that it would be a short day. "Short" turned out to be 36 minutes, as the Aussie retired with an ongoing wrist injury down 6-2, 3-0.

Raonic said he thought Tomic gave it his all in the first game but after that ... By the end, the Aussie didn't  seem to want to risk aggravating the wrist further by even trying to get his racquet on one of the Canadian's cannonball deliveries.

Tomic has had the wrist issue since Australia, but still reached the final of a tournament in Acapulco two weeks ago, flew all the day back to Australia to play Davis Cup last weekend then back to California to play at Indian Wells. He is to have scans done on the wrist and will skip the Masters 1000 tournament in Miami next week.

Here's what Raonic had to say about the win.

Raonic's fourth-round opponent should prove significantly more difficult: he faces No. 6 seed Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic.

The Canadian's run with American partner John Isner in doubles ended with a 6-4, 7-5 loss to the Spanish pairing of Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez (no relation). The power-serving duo was broken once in each set.

Fellow Canadians Vasek Pospisil (with Jack Sock) and Daniel Nestor (with Radek Stepanek) remain alive in doubles.