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Djokovic, Murray advance at China Open
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October 5, 2010, Tuesday
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TOP-SEEDED Novak Djokovic of Serbia opened his China Open defense with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Gong Maoxin of China to ease into the second round today.
No. 2-ranked Djokovic, this year's US Open runner up won 87 percent of his first serve points and took just 1 hour, 11 minutes to beat Gong.
Britain's Andy Murray, the No. 2 seed, also had an easy win, beating Paul-Henri Mathieu of France 6-2, 6-3.
Murray served up 10 aces to beat Mathieu, who was once ranked 12th in the world, but has since been plagued by injuries and had to go through qualifying to make the main draw in Beijing.
Sweden's Robin Soderling, a French Open finalist, and Nikolay Davydenko of Russia are the other top-ranked men's players in the tournament.
In other first round matches today, Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine beat Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus 6-4, 6-4 and Spain's Nicolas Almagro defeated Lukasz Kubot of Poland 7-5, 6-2.
In the second round of women's singles, 14th-ranked Shahar Peer of Israel beat Switzerland's Patty Schnyder 6-4, 6-2, while Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic defeated Kaia Kanepi of Estonia 7-5, 6-7, 6-2.
No. 2-ranked Djokovic, this year's US Open runner up won 87 percent of his first serve points and took just 1 hour, 11 minutes to beat Gong.
Britain's Andy Murray, the No. 2 seed, also had an easy win, beating Paul-Henri Mathieu of France 6-2, 6-3.
Murray served up 10 aces to beat Mathieu, who was once ranked 12th in the world, but has since been plagued by injuries and had to go through qualifying to make the main draw in Beijing.
Sweden's Robin Soderling, a French Open finalist, and Nikolay Davydenko of Russia are the other top-ranked men's players in the tournament.
In other first round matches today, Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine beat Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus 6-4, 6-4 and Spain's Nicolas Almagro defeated Lukasz Kubot of Poland 7-5, 6-2.
In the second round of women's singles, 14th-ranked Shahar Peer of Israel beat Switzerland's Patty Schnyder 6-4, 6-2, while Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic defeated Kaia Kanepi of Estonia 7-5, 6-7, 6-2.
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