{"id":8843,"date":"2012-03-13T03:07:22","date_gmt":"2012-03-13T01:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/03\/tennis-djokovic-fends-off-anderson-at-indian-wells\/"},"modified":"2012-03-13T03:07:22","modified_gmt":"2012-03-13T01:07:22","slug":"tennis-djokovic-fends-off-anderson-at-indian-wells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/tennis-djokovic-fends-off-anderson-at-indian-wells\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis-Djokovic fends off Anderson at Indian Wells"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Mark Lamport-Stokes<\/span><\/p>\n

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INDIAN WELLS, California, March 12<\/span> (Reuters) – World
\nnumber one Novak Djokovic blunted the power serving of South
\nAfrican Kevin Anderson to reach the fourth round of the Indian
\nWells ATP tournament with a 6-2 6-3 victory on Monday.<\/p>\n

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The top-seeded Serb, who beat Spaniard Rafa Nadal in last
\nyear’s final at Indian Wells, broke his towering opponent twice
\nin a marathon opening set and once in the second to triumph in
\none hour 37 minutes.<\/p>\n

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“It was a very close match,” Djokovic said in a courtside
\ninterview after breaking Anderson in the sixth and eight games
\nto win the opening set in just under an hour.<\/p>\n

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“The scoreline does not reflect how close it was, especially
\nthe style of the match. In most of our matches … the first set
\ngoes on for half an hour or more. I was fortunate to hold that
\nbreak and I returned well today.”<\/p>\n

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Djokovic, who lost to Anderson when they first met at the
\n2008 Masters Series event in Miami but won their next three
\nencounters without losing a set, had five aces on Monday while
\nthe six-foot eight-inch Anderson delivered seven but the South
\nAfrican won only 41 percent of his second serves.<\/p>\n

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“This is one of my most successful tournaments,” added the
\nSerb, who was champion here in 2008 and again last year. “I love
\ncoming back to the desert.”<\/p>\n

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Djokovic will next meet Pablo Andujar who advanced with a
\n7-6 6-4 win against fellow Spaniard Albert Ramos.<\/p>\n

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In other matches, big-serving John Isner powered past
\nArgentina’s Juan Monaco 7-5 7-5 and France’s Gilles Simon beat
\nSwiss Stanislas Wawrinka 6-4 6-4.<\/p>\n

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Seventh-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych was scheduled to play
\nAmerican former world number one Andy Roddick later on Monday.\t<\/p>\n

(Reporting by Mark Lamport-Stokes; Editing by Frank Pingue)<\/p>\n

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\t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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