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Top seeded Novak Djokovic of Serbia reached into the second round of the ABN Amro tennis tournament when his Ukrainian opponent Sergiy Stakhovsky withdrew because of knee injury while trailing 6-2 4-1.

 

Top seeded Novak Djokovic of Serbia walked into the second round of the ABN Amro World Tennis tournament, as Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine retired midway with a knee injury. 

Djokovic was up by 6-2 4-1 at the time.

"You always wish for an easy first round match because it is a bit tricky as you have to get used to the surface, light and surroundings," said Djokovic.

He next faces Switzerland's Marco Chiudinelli, who battled past 2008 Rotterdam champion Michael Llodra of France 6-1 6-7 (5) 7-6 (6).

2007 champion Mikhail Youzhny struggled past Kazakh qualifier Andrey Golubev 1-6 7-6 (0) 7-6 (5) . Frenchman Julien Benneteau reached into the next round with a 6-3 6-3 victory over seventh-seeded Croatian Ivan Ljubicic, a finalist here in 2005 and 2007.

Also, qualifier Marsel Ilhan of Turkey defeated Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain 6-1 6-4 and Dutch wild card Thiemo de Bakker ousted Czech lucky loser Jan Hajek 7-6 (5) 6-3.

 

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US Open, Men Singles  R64
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R64
 Philipp Petzschner (GER) 0 5 3 66
Novak Djokovic (SRB) Winner 3 7 6 78
Petzschner - Djokovic    5 - 7    3 - 6    6 - 7   
Served By: N Djokovic Won By: Djokovic
Game P Petzschner to N Djokovic : IN, Winner: Djokovic!!! Kick serve, Petzschner sends it long. Djokovic pumps his fist in the air to celebrate the victory !!!
6-7   P Petzschner to N Djokovic : IN, Winner: Djokovic!!! Petzschner backhand drifts outside the court. Third match point for Djokovic
6-5   N Djokovic to P Petzschner : Double Fault, Winner: Petzschner!!! What a miss! double fault by N Djokovic
  N Djokovic to P Petzschner : Fault. N Djokovic serve lands outside the service line.
6-4   N Djokovic to P Petzschner : IN, Winner: Djokovic!!! Djokovic serves,reaches to the net and places a off-forehand in the corner
4-5   P Petzschner to N Djokovic : IN, Winner: Djokovic!!! Petzschner comes in the line of the ball but volleys it into the net
4-4   P Petzschner to N Djokovic : IN, Winner: Djokovic!!! Petzschner backhand finds way into the net
  P Petzschner to N Djokovic : Fault. First Fault!
3-4   N Djokovic to P Petzschner : IN, Winner: Petzschner!!! Powerful forehand from Petzschner forces an error on Djokovic
3-3   N Djokovic to P Petzschner : IN, Winner: Petzschner!!! Djokovic serves,reaches to the net and dumps a backhand into the net
2-3   P Petzschner to N Djokovic : IN, Winner: Djokovic!!! Djokovic moves Petzschner around the court and outplays him in the rally
  P Petzschner to N Djokovic : Fault. P Petzschner serve lands outside the service line.
2-2   P Petzschner to N Djokovic : IN, Winner: Djokovic!!! Djokovic hits a delightful forehand winner down the line and crowd enjoys it too
1-2   N Djokovic to P Petzschner : IN, Winner: Petzschner!!! Djokovic sends an easy volley into the net
1-1   N Djokovic to P Petzschner : IN, Winner: Djokovic!!! Huge serve, return from Petzschner goes into the net
1-0   P Petzschner to N Djokovic : ACE, Winner: Petzschner!!! P Petzschner starts with big serve down the middle.ACE!
Petzschner - Djokovic    5 - 7    3 - 6    6 - 6   
Served By: N Djokovic Won By: Djokovic
Petzschner - Djokovic    5 - 7    3 - 6    6 - 5   
Served By: P Petzschner Won By: Petzschner
Game IN, Winner: Petzschner!!! Big serve, Djokovic only manages to touch it