Novak Djokovic. Photo / AP
Novak Djokovic cruised to a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Lukasz Kubot of Poland in the Swiss Indoors second round today.
The top-ranked Serb needed just 55 minutes to defeat Kubot, a 64th-ranked qualifier. He served eight aces and dropped just 10 points on serve in eight service games.
Djokovic improved to 66-3 this year in his first tournament since winning the U.S. Open in September.
Djokovic will play Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus in the quarterfinals on Friday.
Also Thursday, there were second-round wins for unseeded trio Florian Mayer of Germany, Kei Nishikori of Japan and 113th-ranked Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan.
Seventh-seeded Andy Roddick of the United States faced Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic, aiming to join Djokovic and Roger Federer as the only seeds in the last eight.
Mayer beat Ivan Ljubicic 6-3, 6-1 for his first victory in four matches against the big-serving Croat.
Mayer is enjoying a great year at age 28. He won his first tour title in September, at Bucharest, Romania, and beat Rafael Nadal at the Shanghai Masters last month.
"It gave me a lot of confidence, that's for sure. It's maybe a great chance to take (my ranking) into the top 20,'' Mayer said.
Nishikori continued to make good use of his wild-card entry, beating Andreas Seppi of Italy, 6-3, 7-6 (4).
The 32nd-ranked Japanese had beaten fourth-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych in the first round.
Kukushkin reversed his qualifying-round loss against James Blake to beat the American 6-3, 6-4. He got into the main draw after Sunday's defeat as a lucky loser and will play Nishikori in the quarters.
- AP
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