{"id":74292,"date":"2015-10-14T13:40:50","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T11:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/?p=74292"},"modified":"2015-10-14T17:23:35","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T15:23:35","slug":"novak-beats-klizan-in-shanghai-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/news\/tennis\/novak-beats-klizan-in-shanghai-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"Novak beats Klizan in Shanghai opener"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Novak<\/p>\n

Top seed at the Shanghai Rolex Masters<\/a> Novak Djokovic began his title quest at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on Wednesday with a comfortable 6-2, 6-1 win over world no. 44 Martin Klizan.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Djokovic, semi-finalist to Roger Federer last year, raced into a 4-0 lead in the first set. He didn\u2019t have his usual fluency on serve in the fifth game, which resulted in a break by the Slovak. However, the Serbian and world no.1 quickly regained composure, took the opener 6-2 and stormed to a 5-0 lead in the second set. His superiority in groundstroke battles was evident and he sealed his 69th win of the year two games later.<\/p>\n

“Klizan is a very flashy player,”<\/strong> said Novak. “I knew that coming into the court. He’s talented. He can play very fast but with a tendency to make a lot of unforced errors, which he did. He made my life a bit easier on the court today. I was trying to serve, move him around the court. Just played as much as I needed. It was enough to win.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Match statistics: aces (4-5), double faults (0-4), winners (8-10), unforced errors (15-35), total points won (60-36).<\/p>\n

Novak\u2019s 62-minute victory set up a meeting with no.15 seed Feliciano Lopez (6-0 H2H). The Spaniard prevailed over Austrian Dominic Thiem in three sets.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 28-year-old Djokovic is a two-time former champion, lifting the trophy in 2012 (d. Murray) and 2013 (d. Del Potro).<\/p>\n

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

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