In his quest for a a centesimal tour-level title, Novak Djokovic defeated Flavio Cobolli 6-1, 6-2 on Tuesday to advance to the fourth spherical of the Rolex Shanghai Masters.
Novak broke twice in every set. The four-time champion claimed a dominant win over the Italian in simply 63 minutes.
“From the start I had a transparent recreation plan of what I wanted to do, staying aggressive and making an attempt to make use of each quick ball to take the initiative within the level,” mentioned Djokovic, who improved to 34-8 on the season. “Cobolli was evidently exhausted after final night time’s match. I haven’t performed too many matches, I believe the constructive in that’s that I’m recent, so I’m blissful to play daily for so long as it takes.”
Match statistics: aces (3-2), double faults (2-1), winners (20-6), unforced errors (14-20), complete factors gained (62-33).
Novak will face Roman Safiullin within the fourth spherical (2-0 H2H file). The Russian eradicated thirteenth seed Frances Tiafoe (USA) in three tight units (5-7, 7-5, 7-6).
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