TENNIS in DEPTH.

Novak Djokovic extended his perfect run this season to 25 matches as he brushed aside Romanian qualifier Adrian Ungur 6-2 6-3 in front of his home fans at the Serbia Open in Belgrade. The top-seeded Djokovic was always likely to prove too strong for the world number 175th and so it proved as he wrapped up victory in one hour and eight minutes to take his place in the quarter-finals. In the last eight Djokovic will come up against Slovenia’s Blaz Kavcic, who needed one hour and 54 minutes to dispose of Brazil’s Ricardo Mello 7-5 6-3 and reach his second tour-level quarter-final of the year.

Fernando Gonzalez’s fine comeback in his first tournament after eight months out with a hip injury came to an end as he was dispatched 6-4 7-6 (7/4) by unseeded Spaniard Feliciano Lopez. Lopez set up an all-Spanish quarter-final against fourth seed Albert Montanes after Montanes rallied from losing the first set to defeat Germany’s Michael Berrer 3-6 6-2 6-2.

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