Novak Djokovic reached the quarter-finals of the Rolex Shanghai Masters for a tenth time following a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Roman Safiullin on Wednesday.
The Serbian star saved all three break factors he confronted through the one hour, 13-minute conflict on the Qi Zhong Tennis Middle, breaking his rival thrice from 5 alternatives.
“Each final night time’s match and tonight have been, perhaps, a number of the finest matches I’ve performed shortly, so I’m simply having fun with myself on the courtroom,” mentioned Djokovic. “If you play effectively and really feel good, there may be clearly a number of pleasure in putting a tennis ball on the courtroom. These sensations I’ve on the tennis courtroom are a number of the the explanation why I carry on enjoying and carry on competing as a result of I actually consider that I can play at a really excessive stage. Now, it’s a matter of conserving that consistency and in addition having break day the courtroom.”
Match statistics: aces (4-2), double faults (1-2), winners (17-10), unforced errors (16-21), whole factors gained (58-36).
Djokovic, the four-time champion, will play towards 19-year-old Czech, the ATP NextGen Jakub Mensik, for spot in final 4 of the Masters 1000 occasion.
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