Shanghai Masters Round Up
Published:Thursday | October 15, 2009 | 12:23 PM
Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic posted straight-set wins today to advance to quarterfinals of the Shanghai Masters.
The top-seeded Nadal, eyeing his first title since winning the Rome Masters in May, beat Tommy Robredo 6-1, 6-4 in an all-Spanish match.
Djokovic moved into the quarterfinals by beating German qualifier Rainer Schuettler 6-4, 6-2, closing out the match with back-to-back aces.
Sixth-seeded Nikolay Davydenko of Russia also advanced to the quarterfinals, defeating 10th-seeded Fernando Gonzalez 6-3, 7-5.
Ninth-seeded Robin Soderling of Sweden advanced by beating fifth-seeded Jo-Wilfred Tsonga of France 6-3, 6-3.
In the quarterfinals, Nadal will face Ljubicic, Djokovic will play Gilles Simon of France, Davydenko will meet Stepanek and Soderling will take on Feliciano Lopez of Spain.
Meanwhile, Gael Monfils of France and Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland joined the long list of players to retire in matches this week. Monfils quit while trailing Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia 6-2, 3-0 because of a bad back.
The unseeded Wawrinka was treated on court for stomach pain and retired when trailing Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic 3-6, 7-6, 4-2.