Rogers Cup presented by National Bank<\/a> campaign with a 6-3, 7-6 (4) victory over Thomaz Bellucci on Tuesday night to reach the last 16 at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event in Montreal.<\/strong><\/p>\nIn his first singles match since winning Wimbledon, the top seed clinched the 52-minute first set 6-3, having broken the Brazilian\u2019s serve in the eighth game. He won the second set tie-breaker 7-4, improving to a perfect 4-0 H2H mark with Bellucci and sealing his 250th Masters 1000 triumph (third place in the all-time list, behind Federer and Nadal).<\/p>\n
Djokovic won 77% of points on his first serve and was 20\/24 on net approaches. The three-time former champion (2007, 2011, 2012) saved all five break points he faced during the one-hour, 50-minute clash.<\/p>\n
\u201cCredit to him for playing some really solid, resilient tennis, getting a lot of balls back, serving well,\u201d<\/strong> said Novak. \u201cHe\u2019s an all-round player, I think he\u2019s improved over the years. It’s the first hard-court match for me since Miami earlier this year. It takes a little bit of time to get into the rhythm. I think tomorrow’s doubles match will also help me work on certain aspects of my game and get ready for the next one.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\nMatch statistics<\/u>: aces (3-5), double faults (1-0), winners (27-14), unforced errors (31-28), total points won (87-73).<\/p>\n
Novak will play against world no.35 Jack Sock on Thursday. The American upset no.14 seed Grigor Dimitrov in three sets (5-7, 7-6, 7-5).
\n<\/strong><\/p>\nDjokovic and Sock have never met before.<\/p>\n
The 28-year-old Serb has won 49 of 52 matches in 2015, collecting the Australian Open and Wimbledon titles, finishing runner-up at the French Open and winning every Masters tournament he has played so far this season (Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo and Rome).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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