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China Open: Djokovic rallies past Zverev for record 32nd win-Xinhua

BEIJING, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Novak Djokovic extended his remarkable unbeaten run at the China Open to 32 matches here on Sunday, rallying past top seed Alexander Zverev 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 to claim a record once held by Rafael Nadal. The 39-year-old Serbian, a six-time China Open champion, began with two double faults in the opening game to drop serve, and Zverev won the first set 6-4. Though the German unleashed 19 aces, Djokovic broke him in the 10th game of each of the next two sets, sealing the contest on his second match point in two hours and 35 minutes. "This is probably one of the two best matches that I played this year, next to the one against Sinner in the semi-finals of the Australian Open. Just obviously very thrilled to win against probably the best player in the world at the mo...
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Zverev to meet Djokovic, Zheng and Sun advance at China Open-Xinhua

BEIJING, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Top seed Alexander Zverev of Germany eased past China's Shang Juncheng in straight sets, while home players Zheng Qinwen and Sun Xinran advanced to the women's third round at the China Open on Saturday. Zverev swept aside 21-year-old wild card Shang 6-0, 6-3 to set up a men's singles quarterfinal against 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic. In the women's second round, Olympic champion Zheng advanced after Russia's Anna Kalinskaya retired while trailing 3-0 in the deciding set. Zheng earned the first break in the eighth game of the opening set, but Kalinskaya immediately broke back. Neither player managed another break before Kalinskaya took the tiebreak to win the set 7-6 (4). Zheng found her rhythm in the second set, using her powerful serve to ...
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