Novak packs off Murray in Beijing
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WORLD No. 1 Novak Djokovic continued his love affair with the China Open yesterday, dumping Andy Murray 6-3, 6-4 to storm into his fifth final in Beijing where he has been simply unstoppable.
The 27-year-old Serb took an hour and 37 minutes to down Murray for an impressive 23-0 record in Beijing and meets Czech Tomas Berdych in today’s final.
In the women’s section, French Open champion Maria Sharapova outplayed former No. 1 Ana Ivanovic 6-0, 6-4 to set up a final clash with Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, the third seed seeing off Sam Stosur 6-3, 5-7, 6-2.
Looking to add to his four Beijing titles, Djokovic completely outplayed Murray as he looks to finish the year as the No. 1.
“I’m glad that I’m back in the form that I would like to be in, especially in these courts where I still haven’t lost ever since I played this tournament,” the top seed said. “Hopefully, I can finish the year in style, similar as I finished last year.”
Murray, fresh from his first victory in more than a year at last week’s Shenzhen Open, put up more resistance in the second set but could not crack Djokovic’s solid defense and smashed his racket in frustration after being broken in the ninth game.
With his semifinal appearance, Murray has moved up to ninth place in the race to the season-ending ATP Finals in London, which will feature the top eight.
Berdych ended Martin Klizan’s golden run, beating him 6-4, 6-1 a day after the Slovak had stunned world No. 2 Rafael Nadal.
In the women section, Kvitova survived some tense moments before taming Stosur to get within a win of being the world No. 2.
Stosur dropped just four points in six service games to claim the second set and force a decider but Kvitova reeled off five games in a row to close out the match in two hours and 21 minutes.
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