Leading seeds Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer made straight-sets progress to the quarter-finals of the Dubai Tennis Championships. World No 1 Djokovic downed battling world No 55 Roberto Bautista-Agut in two contrasting sets after Federer broke once in each set to beat another Spanish player, Marcel Granollers. Djokovic was untroubled in the He broke again at the first time of asking in the second set and held for a 3-0 lead but serving for the match at 5-3, he fell 0-40 behind and Bautista-Agut took his third break point to prolong the match. The underdog saved three match points during a staggering 16-minute service game at 4-5 before finally levelling the set at 5-5. It continued to a tie-break and Djokovic led 5-2 before dropping a pair of points on his serve – but then responded with two returning points to complete a 6-1 7-6 (7/4) win in 90 minutes. He will face seventh seed Andreas Seppi after the Italian beat Lukas Rosol 6-4 7-6 (7/4). Federer broke to love to lead 4-2 in the first set and though Granollers produced an outrageous wristy, inside-out forehand down the line, hopelessly wrong-footing the 17-times grand slam champion, to go 30-30 on…
- Wimbledon 2017: Roger Federer Beats Tomas Berdych In Straight Sets, Reaches Record 11th Final
- 'It's incredible!' Ashleigh Barty makes history as she cruises to victory in straight sets to become the first Australian to win the French Open since 1973 - and sends a warning to her rivals
- Wimbledon 2017 highlights, Men's Singles Semi-final: Roger Federer Beats Tomas Berdych In Straight Sets, Sets Up Final Clash Against Marin Cilic
- Alexander Zverev into final four in London after straight sets win over Medvedev
- Djokovic saves match points, beats Federer in historic Wimbledon final
- Novak Djokovic loses at ATP Finals to set up showdown with Roger Federer
- Stefanos Tsitsipas shocks Roger Federer to reach ATP Finals final
- No Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic in semis of ATP Finals
- Roger Federer advances to the final four of the ATP Finals after victory over Novak Djokovic
- Tsitsipas beats Federer to reach London final
Djokovic and Federer cruise into Dubai quarter-finals with straight-sets wins have 332 words, post on at February 28, 2013. This is cached page on CuBird. If you want remove this page, please contact us.