World No 1 Novak Djokovic sped into the Shanghai Masters quarters with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Feliciano Lopez in just 71 minutes as he continued his magical run in China yesterday
Novak Djokovic returns to Feliciano Lopez during their third round Shanghai Masters match at Qi Zhong Tennis Centre yesterday
Shanghai: World No 1 Novak Djokovic sped into the Shanghai Masters quarters with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Feliciano Lopez in just 71 minutes as he continued his magical run in China yesterday. As Andy Murray and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga toiled, the unstoppable Serb dominated Lopez as he brought up his 14th win in a row.
Novak Djokovic returns to Feliciano Lopez during their third round Shanghai Masters match at Qi Zhong Tennis Centre yesterday. Pic/Getty Images
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Rafael Nadal's recent resurgence, meanwhile, gathered pace when he beat Milos Raonic 6-3, 7-6 (7/6) to set up a quarter-final with Kevin Anderson, who ousted Japan's Kei Nishikori 7-6 (12/10), 7-6 (7/3).
Tomas Berdych dispatched Gilles Simon 6-3, 6-3, and French Open champion Stan Wawrinka won an almighty tussle with Marin Cilic 7-5, 6-7 (7/9), 6-4. Djokovic had no such trouble against Lopez, breaking for 3-1 in the second set with a magical backhand lob as he remained in the form that took him to his sixth China Open title last week.
"There is no secret. I guess it depends how do you feel on a given day, depends how well your opponent is playing, how well you're playing. It's a combination of things," said the two-time Shanghai champion.
Murray snaps
Earlier, Andy Murray squeezed past John Isner 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 6-4 and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was also pushed all the way before ending the giant-killing run of Spanish qualifier Albert Ramos-Vinolas. Murray lost the first set on a tiebreak and he snapped at the umpire as his frustrations rose in the second set, before he finally broke the big-serving Isner and levelled the match at a set each.
The World No 2 broke again for 4-3 in the decider and he left the American No 1 on his backside as he fended off break points in his next service game, before going on to take it. Ramos-Vinolas gave the Frenchman a massive scare before going down fighting 6-7 (5/7), 7-5, 6-4.
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