Cilic, Querrey advance to 2nd round at Shanghai Masters with straight-set victories
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Tenth-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia moved into the second round of the Shanghai Masters on Monday with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Lukasz Kubot of Poland.
Cilic served eight aces and broke Kubot four times to wrap up the win in 1 hour, 33 minutes.
American Sam Querrey also advanced with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Chinese wild-card entry Li Zhe. The 22nd-ranked Querrey jumped out to a quick 5-2 lead in the first set, then won the final five games of the second to close out the match in just 59 minutes.
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Querrey served 11 aces and converted five of his 10 break points.
"I thought I served great," Querrey said. "I thought I returned well, and I took advantage of the break points. That was the key."
Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria beat Pablo Andujar of Spain 7-5, 6-3 to set up a meeting with second-seeded Novak Djokovic in the next round. Djokovic, who is coming off his third title at the China Open in Beijing, and the other seven top-seeded players have byes in the first round.
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Dimitrov earned the only two breaks of the match, including in the fourth game of the second set to take a decisive lead.
Also Monday, Tommy Robredo of Spain defeated qualifier Alex Bogomolov Jr. of Russia 7-6 (4), 6-4; and Benoit Paire of France ousted qualifier Philipp Petzschner of Germany 7-6 (2), 6-4.