Djokovic through to the third round

After the epic Wimbledon final two weeks ago, everyone is still buzzing about Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. With all the attention on the top 2 players of the world, the rest of the players have been sidelined including Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic. The young Serb has cemented himself as a genuine contender to the top 2 by almost snatching the world no. 2 ranking from Nadal in the Hamburg Masters Series. However, after a second round exit at the All England Club, he has fallen off the radar going into the Rogers Masters Series even if he is the defending champion. Naturally, he won’t just let this go by.

Djokovic was set to face hometown favorite Frank Dancevic in his second round match on Tuesday evening. Immediately he grabs everyone’s attention with his bright orange shirt and light blue shorts. The support of the Centre Court crowd for Dancevic, though, was not enough to upset the no. 3 seed. The quality of tennis by the Canadian was great but Djokovic was simply more powerful, confident and determined to make it through the next round with a straight sets win 6-4, 6-4. He is set to play either Fernando Verdasco or Robin Soderling on Thursday.

Scheduled matches for Wednesday (second round):

[5] David Ferrer (ESP) vs. Robby Ginepri (USA)

[4] Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) vs. Tommy Haas (GER)

Jesse Levine (USA) vs. [2] Rafael Nadal (ESP)

[1] Roger Federer (SUI) vs. Gilles Simon (FRA)