Ruthless Djokovic in Round 3

Updated on: 27 March,2011 09:05 AM IST |
AFP |

In-form Novak Djokovic was typically ruthless as he overcame Denis Istomin at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami to move into the third round

In-form Novak Djokovic was typically ruthless as he overcame Denis Istomin at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami to move into the third round.

The Serb, newly installed at two in the world rankings following last week's win at Indian Wells, won in 48 minutes, 6-0 6-1, to make it 19 wins from as many matches in 2011.

"Most of the shots I was hitting were winners, so I wasn't making a lot of mistakes. I'm fresh mentally, motivated to have even more success. I'm looking to the upcoming challenges. I know it's only been a couple of months of the year, but I have been playing great, and I want to keep on doing that."

Andy Murray's poor post-Australian Open slump continued as he was broken seven times in an embarrassing 6-1 7-5 second-round loss to Alex Bogomolov Jr at the Miami Masters.

After going out to American qualifier Donald Young in the second round at Indian Wells earlier in the month, the British number one slumped once again as he failed to find any kind of form against the world number 118.

James Blake needed a tie-break decider to beat 28th seed Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil 2-6 6-4 7-6 (6). Blake will face a daunting third-round clash against Djokovic.

Sam Querrey beat Mikhail Kukushkin 6-3 6-2 with 13 aces and no broken service games.

John Isner had to go to the well to beat Igor Andreev, winning 6-4 5-7 7-6 (2) courtesy of a cool-headed approach in the tie-break.

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