Seventh-seeded Rafael Nadal of Spain beat Russia’s Mikhail Youzhny 6-3, 6-3. Versus Isner, Chardy has a flawless 4-0 record.
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Djokovic, the tournament’s top seed for the fifth straight year, made quick work of the 35th-ranked Sock 6-2, 6-1.
The win, in just 54 minutes, put the world number one Serb into the quarter-finals against Latvian qualifer Ernests Gulbis.
“Took a long time to (beat him), but I’m very happy”.
“I passed well. I came up with some good passing shots and that was the difference today”. Gulbis won the first set and had the Wimbledon champion in a corner in the second set after going a break up.
“At the beginning of the match I think we were both a bit rusty”, said Djokovic.
“Ground strokes, I was very aggressive”.
“In addition, Kyrgios has been served with a “notice of investigation” which begins a process to determine if his actions also constitute a violation of the Player Major Offence provisions”. Murray set up a meeting with Gilles Muller – whom he has defeated twice this season – as he finished his second round contest with 24 winners and 30 unforced errors and breaking four times.
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In the second tiebreaker, Chardy fought off five match points and won it when Isner missed a volley at the net and then hit wide on a service return on set point.
With the win, Djokovic stretched his ATP World Tour Masters 1000 winning streak to 29 and has not lost since Roger Federer beat him in Shanghai past year. He’s 37-1 since March.
Novak Djokovic has fended off a strong challenge from Ernests Gulbis to advance to the semi-finals of the Rogers Cup.
The organisation later fined Kyrgios for his outburst and reserved the right to apply other sanctions after more study. The Scot broke Muller’s serve four times in the 65-minute match. “The first game was important”.
Chardy staved off seven match points against Isner. In the third, Gulbis was broken three times and the die was cast. Down 4-2, the 32-year-old double faulted on three separate occasions.
“I didn’t change anything”, Chardy said. That was the key for me.
Serving for the match at 5-4, Tsonga saved the first match point with a fine victor but was unable to do anything about the second as Murray marched on.
Murray will next take on either defending champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France or Australian up-and-comer Bernard Tomic, who will square off in the evening session.
The match was marked by extended exchanges and lengthy games.
He is now in his 59th consecutive week at No1, has accumulated 159 weeks at the top-more than Nadal-and leads the rankings and the race by around 4,000 points.
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“I told him I was sorry”.
