Djokovic gets past Ljubicic

SHANGHAI: Novak Djokovic launched his bid to conquer China for a second week running as he rolled past Ivan Ljubicic into the third round on Wednesday at the Shanghai Masters.

The results: Second round: Novak Djokovic bt Ivan Ljubicic 6-3, 6-3; Jurgen Melzer bt Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-3, 7-6(2); Jeremy Chardy bt Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-1, 5-7, 6-2; Robin Soderling bt Janko Tipsarevic 6-3, 7-6(5); Andy Murray bt Bai Yan 6-2, 6-2; Rafael Nadal bt Stanislas Wawrinka 6-4, 6-4; Guillermo Garcia-Lopez bt Andy Roddick 3-6, 3-2 (retd.); David Ferrer bt Thomaz Bellucci 7-6(7), 6-3; Gasquet bt Monfils 6-4, 3-6, 6-4; Seppi bt Lu 7-6(4), 6-3; Roger Federer bt John Isner 6-3, 6-4; Mayer bt Mikhail Youzhny 6-4, 6-7(7), 6-1; Jo-Wilfried Tsonga bt Querrey 7-6(7), 6-1; Gasquet bt Monfils 6-4, 3-6, 6-4

First round: Richard Gasquet bt Ernests Gulbis 6-1, 6-4; Florent Mayer bt Kevin Anderson 6-2, 6-2; Sam Querrey bt Michael Berrer 6-3, 7-6(6); Bellucci bt Marsel Ilhan 6-1, 2-6, 7-6(4); Andreas Seppi bt Marin Cilic 6-2, 6-2; Gael Monfils bt Benjamin Becker 6-1, 7-5; Lu Yen-Hsun bt Wu Di 6-1, 6-4 .