Novak Djokovic advanced to the third round of the Shanghai Masters by beating Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 6-3, 6-2 on Wednesday.
World No.1 Roger Federer beat Chinese taipei’s Yen-Hsun Lu 6-3, 7-5, in straight sets to advance to the third round.
Djokovic didn’t offer Dimitrov a break-point opportunity and never lost more than one point in any service game. He also served four games at love.
‘Very pleased with my serving in Beijing and obviously the first match today,’ Djokovic said. ‘So that’s something that I’ve been working on, obviously. Relying on the serve in today’s tennis is a big advantage. So I try to get as many free points as possible. It helped me a lot to defeat my opponent.’
If Djokovic wins in Shanghai and Roger Federer loses before the quarterfinals, the Serb would reclaim the No. 1 ranking next week.
Andy Murray received a walkover into the third round on Wednesday following the withdrawal of Florian Mayer of Germany because of a rib injury.
‘I went to the gym this morning in the hotel, and he was in the gym at the same time,’ Murray said. ‘I didn’t know until 15, 20 minutes ago.’
Murray is the two-time defending champion at the tournament with a 9-0 record after winning finals against David Ferrer last year and Federer in 2010.
Fifth-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat Benoit Paire 7-6 [7], 7-5 in an all-French match.
For the second straight day at the tournament, a match went to three tiebreaker sets. Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus upset 12th-seeded Milos Raonic of Canada 7-6 [4], 6-7 [5], 7-6 [3]. Sam Querrey of the United States came from behind to beat 14th-seeded Kei Nishikori 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 in another second-round match. Nishikori sought a medical timeout for a right ankle injury that he sustained last week.
UNIVERSITY DREAM FOR THE ‘DJOKER’
Multilingual world number two Novak Djokovic said on Wednesday he had missed out on a normal education and professed a hankering for the delights of university life.
Speaking after cruising into the third round of the Shanghai Masters, the Serbian said: ‘I didn’t have a childhood school education as probably most of my generation did in Serbia and around the world.
‘I didn’t go to school every day. The high school, I had to come back and do the exams two, three times a year. That was the case.’
‘I never went to university,’ he added. ‘Well, if I can say, that’s one wish that I have in life, one regret, that I would like to go in some university, because I really like the idea of educating yourself and being a part of a group of students. It’s a fun period in one person’s life.’
The 25-year-old, who speaks English, German and Italian as well as his native tongue, said he was ‘good enough’ in school and his impressive language skills came naturally.
‘I don’t think that you can really learn that.You just have it in you.’
World No.1 Roger Federer beat Chinese taipei’s Yen-Hsun Lu 6-3, 7-5, in straight sets to advance to the third round.
Djokovic didn’t offer Dimitrov a break-point opportunity and never lost more than one point in any service game. He also served four games at love.
‘Very pleased with my serving in Beijing and obviously the first match today,’ Djokovic said. ‘So that’s something that I’ve been working on, obviously. Relying on the serve in today’s tennis is a big advantage. So I try to get as many free points as possible. It helped me a lot to defeat my opponent.’
If Djokovic wins in Shanghai and Roger Federer loses before the quarterfinals, the Serb would reclaim the No. 1 ranking next week.
Andy Murray received a walkover into the third round on Wednesday following the withdrawal of Florian Mayer of Germany because of a rib injury.
‘I went to the gym this morning in the hotel, and he was in the gym at the same time,’ Murray said. ‘I didn’t know until 15, 20 minutes ago.’
Murray is the two-time defending champion at the tournament with a 9-0 record after winning finals against David Ferrer last year and Federer in 2010.
Fifth-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat Benoit Paire 7-6 [7], 7-5 in an all-French match.
For the second straight day at the tournament, a match went to three tiebreaker sets. Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus upset 12th-seeded Milos Raonic of Canada 7-6 [4], 6-7 [5], 7-6 [3]. Sam Querrey of the United States came from behind to beat 14th-seeded Kei Nishikori 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 in another second-round match. Nishikori sought a medical timeout for a right ankle injury that he sustained last week.
UNIVERSITY DREAM FOR THE ‘DJOKER’
Multilingual world number two Novak Djokovic said on Wednesday he had missed out on a normal education and professed a hankering for the delights of university life.
Speaking after cruising into the third round of the Shanghai Masters, the Serbian said: ‘I didn’t have a childhood school education as probably most of my generation did in Serbia and around the world.
‘I didn’t go to school every day. The high school, I had to come back and do the exams two, three times a year. That was the case.’
‘I never went to university,’ he added. ‘Well, if I can say, that’s one wish that I have in life, one regret, that I would like to go in some university, because I really like the idea of educating yourself and being a part of a group of students. It’s a fun period in one person’s life.’
The 25-year-old, who speaks English, German and Italian as well as his native tongue, said he was ‘good enough’ in school and his impressive language skills came naturally.
‘I don’t think that you can really learn that.You just have it in you.’