Djokovic and Murray march on in Shanghai

SHANGHAI - World number two Novak Djokovic hammered home his intent of winning back-to-back titles with a 6-1 6-1 victory over France’s Richard Gasquet to reach the last eight of the Shanghai Masters on Thursday.

By (Reuters)

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Published: Thu 14 Oct 2010, 6:17 PM

Last updated: Mon 6 Apr 2015, 9:13 AM

Britain’s Andy Murray secured his place at the ATP season-ender in London next month with a routine 6-3 6-4 win over another Frenchman, Jeremy Chardy, following a recent dip in form.

“I didn’t get broken today. I served a lot into his forehand and varied the serve, which helped,” said Murray, who lost in the quarter-finals of the China Open last week,

The fourth seed will next meet France’s Jo-Wilfred Tsonga, who celebrated wildly after beating German Florian Mayer 7-5 6-3.

Serb Djokovic produced a scorching display against Gasquet that was likely to be watched closely by the other top seeds including Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer who play later.

“I did really well from the start. I put pressure on him. I was aggressive and I knew I had to be,” said the U.S. Open champion who secured his 18th career title at the China Open on Monday.

Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez also advanced after beating seventh seed Czech Tomas Berdych 7-6 6-3.


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