Top seed Novak Djokovic beat Vasek Pospisil 6-3, 7-5 in the second round match on Wednesday, collecting 21 consecutive wins at China Open, including four China Open champions.
After finishing the comfortable first set 6-3, Djokovic had trouble in the second one. Pospisil got a set point in his serve when leading 5-4, but Djokovic managed to get a breakpoint and made it.
"Maybe the experience of playing the bigger matches, the experience of being so many times in the particular situations helps me to prevail in the second set," Djokovic said.
The Serbian gave great compliment to his opponent, "Vasek is a powerful server, someone who has shown today why he has a lot of potential, a lot of quality in his game. He can be a top 10 player in the future."
The defending champion of China Open took the 21-0 all time at the China Open as an encouragement instead of pressure.
"It actually encourages me to keep on going and extend that streak as long as possible. I feel very welcomed from Chinese people. I felt great support today. It was a pretty good crowd on the court. It's always a very positive feeling for me to be on the court in the China Open." He said.
Djokovic's next opponent will be the winner between Pablo Andujar and Grigor Dimitrov.
Novak Djokovic feels ‘special‘ in China
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