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Holder Djokovic starts in style
Novak
Djokovic of Serbia celebrates after
beating Canada’s Frank Dancevic at the
Toronto Masters on Tuesday. — AFP
TORONTO — World No 3 Novak
Djokovic opened the defence of his Toronto Masters title in impressive style
with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Canadian Frank Dancevic on Tuesday. The Australian
Open champion was joined in the third round by sixth-seeded American Andy
Roddick, who launched his hard-court campaign earlier in the day with a
battling 6-1, 6-7, 6-3 win over Frenchman Nicolas Mahut.
World No 1 Roger Federer and Wimbledon champion Rafael Nadal received first
round byes in the $2.6 million event. Frenchman Gilles Simon, who won at
Indianapolis on Sunday, crushed 18-year-old American qualifier Donald Young
6-1, 6-3 to set up a second-round meeting with Federer, a two-time champ on
the Canadian hard-courts. Nadal will meet Jesse Levine after the American
qualifier beat Canadian wildcard Peter Polansky 6-2, 6-4. Czech 16th seed
Tomas Berdych cruised into the second round with a 6-3 6-1 win over
Finland's Jarkko Nieminen.
Other results (x denotes seeding): 1st rd: Marin Cilic (CRO) bt Lukas
Dlouhy (CZE) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3; Jesse Levin (USA) bt Peter Polansky (CAN) 6-2,
6-4; Tommy Haas (GER) bt Carlos Moya (ESP) 6-3, 6-2; Robin Soderling (SWE)
bt Guillermo Canas (ARG) 7-5, 6-1; Thomas Johansson (SWE) bt Andrey Golubev
(KAZ) 7-6 (7/4), 6-1; Jonas Bjorkman (SWE) bt Arnaud Clement (FRA) 6-3, 3-6,
6-0; Fernando Verdasco (ESP x13) bt Tomaz Bellucci (BRA) 1-6, 6-3, 6-2; Igor
Andreev (RUS) bt Gael Monfils (FRA) 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/3); Alexandre
Kudryavtsev (RUS) bt Philip Kohlschreiber (GER) 6-2, 7-6 (9/7); Dmitry
Tursunov (RUS) bt Nicolas Lapentti (ECU) 6-3, 6-4; Marat Safin (RUS) v
Samuel Querrey (USA) 1-1, (match postponed by rain). — Agencies |
