The top four seeds (Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Roger Federer and David Ferrer) of the BNP Parbias Masters all advanced to the third round with straight set victories.
2011 BNP Parbias Masters Results: Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Roger Federer All Advance In Straight Sets
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No. 1 seeded Novak Djokovic defeated Ivan Dodig 6-4,6-3.
Andy Murray, the tournament’s No. 2 seed, beat Jeremy Chardy, 6-2, 6-4. Murray’s last loss was to Rafael Nadal in the semifinals of the 2011 U.S. Open.
No. 3 seeded Roger Federer won 6-2, 6-3 and No. 4 seeded David Ferrer won 6-4, 6-4.
Despite complaining about shoulder pains in his semifinal loss to Kei Nishikori in last week’s Swiss Indoors, Djokovic said his shoulder wasn’t an interference on court Wednesday.
“I took the necessary measures in the last couple of days in order to recover (and) play in this tournament,” Djokovic said. “I’m feeling good on the court and that’s what matters.”
Other results:
- (7) Mardy Fish defeated Florian Mayer, 6-1, 6-2
- Feliciano Lopez defeated (8) Gael Monfils, 6-3, 6-4
- Andreas Seppi defeated (9) Nicolas Almagro, 6-3, 7-5
- Juan Monaco defeated (10) Gilles Simon, 6-4, 6-0
- (11) Janko Tipsarevic defeated Alex Bogomolov Jr., 6-1, 6-0
- (14) Alexandr Dolgopolov defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber, 6-3, 7-6(6)
- (15) Viktor Troicki defeated Sergiy Stakhovsky, 6-4, 6-4
- John Isner defeated Igor Kunitsyn, 6-4, 6-4
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