Nadal and Djokovic progress to the third round March 16, 2008
Posted by mrbluecar in ATP Masters Series.trackback
The defending champion, Rafael Nadal, started off his title defense overcoming Colombian qualifier Santiago Giraldo with a 6-3, 6-3 straight-sets win to advance to the third round.
Last year finalist, Novak Djokovic, made too many unforced errors in the second set but still managed to pull through with a straight-sets win over Andreas Seppi.
Stanislas Wawrinka upset World No.10 Thomas Berdych with a 2-6, 7-6(3), 6-4 win. No.10 seed Thomas Berdych is the first Top 10 players to exit in the second round. The other Top 10 players, David Ferrer, Richard Gasquet and James Blake are still in the race to the championship.
No.17 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga eases to the third round with a straight-sets win over Dudi Sela.
No.16 seed Guillermo Canas who beats World No.1 last year got past Jonas Bjorkman to advance to the third round.
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