Novak Djokovic safely through to 3rd round
11 March 2014 6:19 AM IST
The world number two and second seed, a two-time winner in the California desert, saved all five break points he faced on the way to a 7-6 (7/1), 6-2 victory.
“It was one of those days where you get to serve well and everything else is just kind of trying to find the way to play the right shots at the right time,” said Djokovic, who notched his seventh win over the 87th-ranked Romanian in as many career meetings.
Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain bounced fourth-seeded Tomas Berdych 4-6, 6-2, 6-4. In other second-round matches, Taiwan’s Lu Yen-Hsun defeated German Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-2, 6-2.
Second-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland led the way into the women’s fourth round of the $12 million combined WTA and ATP Masters tournament.
Radwanska, ranked third in the world, thumped 48th-ranked German Annika Beck 6-0, 6-0. Radwanska next faces France’s Alize Cornet, who battled for three hours and 26 minutes to beat 14th-seeded Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro 6-7 (4/7), 7-5, 6-3.
It was the second-longest match of the year on the WTA Tour, after Maria Sharapova’s three-hour, 28-minute win over Karin Knapp at the Aus Open.
“It was one of those days where you get to serve well and everything else is just kind of trying to find the way to play the right shots at the right time,” said Djokovic, who notched his seventh win over the 87th-ranked Romanian in as many career meetings.
Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain bounced fourth-seeded Tomas Berdych 4-6, 6-2, 6-4. In other second-round matches, Taiwan’s Lu Yen-Hsun defeated German Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-2, 6-2.
Second-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland led the way into the women’s fourth round of the $12 million combined WTA and ATP Masters tournament.
Radwanska, ranked third in the world, thumped 48th-ranked German Annika Beck 6-0, 6-0. Radwanska next faces France’s Alize Cornet, who battled for three hours and 26 minutes to beat 14th-seeded Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro 6-7 (4/7), 7-5, 6-3.
It was the second-longest match of the year on the WTA Tour, after Maria Sharapova’s three-hour, 28-minute win over Karin Knapp at the Aus Open.
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