A dream start for Djokovic in Shanghai
Three-time champion Novak Djokovic (Serbia) qualified for the third round of the Masters Series tennis tournament according questions for sport predictions in Shanghai with a prize pool of $ 7 million. Djokovic scored 6:3, 7:5 against the Frenchman Jeremy Chardy, who has 12 consecutive wins without even a lost set (28-0). The Serb did not break into the match, and three times won his opponent to record the 14th consecutive victory in Tura. For a place in the quarterfinals, Djokovic will meet the winner of the match between the 16th place Marco Cecchinato (Italy) and Chung Hyeon (Republic of Korea).
The Serb will replace Roger Federer from second place in the world rankings if he reaches the Shanghai final. If he wins the 32nd title in the Masters series, he will only get 35 points from the leader of the ATP Rafael Nadal (Spain).
This season, Djokovic won the UK and US Open Championships.
Georgi Nikoloz Basilashvili continued his good series with success in the first round with 6:2, 6:2 over Denis Shapovalov (Canada). Basilashvili scored the sixth consecutive success after last week`s triumph of the Beijing tournament. In the second round he will play against number 4 Alexander Zverev (Germany).
Australian Matthew Ebden surprises the number 6 Dominic Thiem (Austria) and ranked for the third round after a 6:4, 6:7 (8), 7:6 (4) success. The French qualifier Benoit Paire surprises in the first round number 15 Pablo Carreno Busta and removed him from the race after 6:3, 6:4.
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