Djokovic eases to easy win
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November 5, 2011, Saturday
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NOVAK Djokovic stepped up his level of play after a six-week injury break, cruising to a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Lukasz Kubot in the Swiss Indoors second round in Basel on Thursday.
The top-ranked Serb, who rested to treat a back injury, needed just 55 minutes to defeat the 64th-ranked qualifier from Poland.
"It was really a comfortable match for me," said Djokovic. "It was kind of expected at the start of the tournament that I would struggle with my rhythm ... but today I have no complaints with my game."
He served eight aces and dropped just 10 points on serve in eight service games. "I just started serving two or three days before my first match (on Tuesday). I can still feel on the second serve that I'm struggling a little bit," Djokovic said.
Djokovic improved to 66-3 this year in his first tournament since winning the US Open in September. He will play Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus in the quarterfinals.
Seventh-seeded Andy Roddick recovered from losing the opening set to beat Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Roddick next plays Roger Federer, a four-time champion at his hometown event, in a meeting of the remaining seeded players to reach the last eight. "I think the only other tournament we have played so many times is Wimbledon," said the American, who is 0-3 against Federer in Basel.
Also, there were second-round wins for four unseeded players: Florian Mayer of Germany, Kei Nishikori of Japan, 113th-ranked Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan and Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland.
In Spain, Sam Querrey beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6 (5), 6-2 to reach the Valencia Open quarterfinals on Thursday, dealing a blow to the second-seeded Frenchman's hopes of qualifying for the ATP World Tour Finals.
The American secured his first back-to-back ATP match wins since June to leave Tsonga relying on his performance at next week's Paris Masters to clinch one of the final three places for the season-ending event in London.
Tsonga would have moved up one spot to No. 6 with a win over Querrey at the City of Arts and Sciences, but his serve deserted him in the second set as the 116th-ranked American broke twice to reach the quarterfinals. Querrey faces Juan Martin del Potro after the sixth-seeded Argentine beat Kevin Anderson of South Africa 6-4, 6-4.
The top-ranked Serb, who rested to treat a back injury, needed just 55 minutes to defeat the 64th-ranked qualifier from Poland.
"It was really a comfortable match for me," said Djokovic. "It was kind of expected at the start of the tournament that I would struggle with my rhythm ... but today I have no complaints with my game."
He served eight aces and dropped just 10 points on serve in eight service games. "I just started serving two or three days before my first match (on Tuesday). I can still feel on the second serve that I'm struggling a little bit," Djokovic said.
Djokovic improved to 66-3 this year in his first tournament since winning the US Open in September. He will play Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus in the quarterfinals.
Seventh-seeded Andy Roddick recovered from losing the opening set to beat Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Roddick next plays Roger Federer, a four-time champion at his hometown event, in a meeting of the remaining seeded players to reach the last eight. "I think the only other tournament we have played so many times is Wimbledon," said the American, who is 0-3 against Federer in Basel.
Also, there were second-round wins for four unseeded players: Florian Mayer of Germany, Kei Nishikori of Japan, 113th-ranked Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan and Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland.
In Spain, Sam Querrey beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6 (5), 6-2 to reach the Valencia Open quarterfinals on Thursday, dealing a blow to the second-seeded Frenchman's hopes of qualifying for the ATP World Tour Finals.
The American secured his first back-to-back ATP match wins since June to leave Tsonga relying on his performance at next week's Paris Masters to clinch one of the final three places for the season-ending event in London.
Tsonga would have moved up one spot to No. 6 with a win over Querrey at the City of Arts and Sciences, but his serve deserted him in the second set as the 116th-ranked American broke twice to reach the quarterfinals. Querrey faces Juan Martin del Potro after the sixth-seeded Argentine beat Kevin Anderson of South Africa 6-4, 6-4.
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