TENNIS NEWS AND UPDATES FROM SHANGHAI ROLEX MASTERS: NOVAK DJOKOVIC, STAN WAWRINKA CRUISE INTO THIRD ROUND, PLUS DRAWS/ RESULTS

Written by: Staff on 15th October 2015

TENNIS NEWS AND UPDATES FROM SHANGHAI ROLEX MASTERS: NOVAK DJOKOVIC, STAN WAWRINKA CRUISE INTO THIRD ROUND, PLUS DRAWS/ RESULTS

epa04978200 Novak Djokovic of Serbia reacts after his match against Feliciano Lopez of Spain in the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament at the Qi Zhong Tennis Center in Shanghai, China, 15 October 2015. EPA/ROLEX DELA PENA |

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic improved to a 13-match winning streak on Wednesday as he reached the third round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters with an emphatic 6-2, 6-1 victory over Martin Klizan.

The Serb is looking to win the Beijing-Shanghai double for the third time (2012-13). Last week, he surged to a sixth China Open crown in Beijing for the loss of just 18 games in five matches – the lowest five-match total of his career en route to a title. It marked his eighth tour-level title of the season, which has already seen him clinch the year-end No. 1 spot in the Emirates ATP Rankings.

In his second clash this season with Klizan, Djokovic converted five of his 10 break points and lost only one point behind his second serve as he raced to victory in 63 minutes. The Belgrade native improved to a 69-5 match record on the season and a 20-3 mark in Shanghai.

“Klizan is a very flashy player,” said Djokovic. “I knew that coming into the court. I knew that he’s talented. He can play very fast but with a tendency to make a lot of unforced errors, which he did. He made my life a bit easier on the court today. I was trying to serve, move him around the court. Just played as much as I needed. It was enough to win.

“I’m aware of the mental edge that I might have over a certain amount of players, and I try to use that,” continued the Serb. “I try to win and do anything that is possible and necessary for me to achieve that. Probably that was the case, him not being able to maybe perform as well as he wanted.”

Fourth seed Stan Wawrinka also maintained his winning run, defeating Viktor Troicki 7-6(3), 6-3. The Swiss is coming off his fourth title of the season in Tokyo last week (d. Paire) and dismissed Troicki in 88 minutes, breaking serve twice from eight opportunities.

Wawrinka, who has never been past the quarter-finals in six appearances in Shanghai, set a third-round contest with Marin Cilic, whom he leads 8-2 in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series.

Richard Gasquet battled to a 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 victory over Vasek Pospisil to set a third-round clash with Bernard Tomic. The 11th-seeded Frenchman withstood 13 aces from Pospisil to break the Canadian’s serve three times, triumphing in just over two hours.

( Courtesy of the ATP and Original Link – http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/djokovic-wawrinka-reach-shanghai-third-round )

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Topics: Atp World Tour, Bernard Tomic, Marin Cilic, Martin Klizan, Novak Djokovic, Richard Gasquet, Shanghai Rolex Masters, Sports, Stan Wawrinka, Tennis, Vasek Pospisil, Viktor Troicki

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