{"id":63009,"date":"2014-10-30T23:56:01","date_gmt":"2014-10-30T22:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/?p=63009"},"modified":"2014-11-01T20:54:38","modified_gmt":"2014-11-01T19:54:38","slug":"nole-to-meet-murray-in-bnp-paribas-quarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/news\/tennis\/nole-to-meet-murray-in-bnp-paribas-quarters\/","title":{"rendered":"Nole to meet Murray in BNP Paribas Masters quarters"},"content":{"rendered":"

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World no.1 Novak Djokovic continued his quest for back-to-back titles at the BNP Paribas Masters<\/a> with a 6-3, 7-6 (2) third round victory over home favourite Gael Monfils on Thursday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The pair met for the 11th time with the Serb now boasting a perfect 11-0 H2H series lead.<\/p>\n

Novak recorded his second indoor win of the season in one hour and 32 minutes.<\/p>\n

The top seed and defending champion made an early break and consolidated it for 3-0 lead. He fended off two break points before serving out the opening set 6-3 in 36 minutes.<\/p>\n

Nole broke Monfils in the third game of the second set, but the Frenchman fought back immediately to level. They went to a tie-breaker that Djokovic dominated. He won it 7-2, reaching his fourth quarter-final in Paris.<\/p>\n

Match statistics<\/span>: aces (1-12), double faults (5-4), winners (18-28), unforced errors (16-28), total points won (71-59).<\/p>\n

Novak will take on eight-seeded Andy Murray on Friday for a place in the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event semis. The Brit defeated Grigor Dimitrov (BUL, 9) 6-3, 6-3.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Djokovic has a 14-8 H2H career record against Andy. The Belgrade native\u00a0has won all three of their meetings this year, the most recent in Beijing semi-final earlier this month.<\/p>\n

“We have very similar game styles so whoever is calmer and fitter will win”<\/strong>, Novak said on the battle vs Murray.<\/p>\n

Photo: AP<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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