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Patna : World No 1 Novak Djokovic, 34, Serbia, beat World No 253 Mats Moraing, 28, Germany, in straight sets to reach the quarter-finals of Belgrade Open, an ATP 250 points clay court event, at Belgrade, Serbia, on May 25, 2021. Top seed Djokovic beat Moraing 6-2, 7-6 in 2nd round in 1hr 40 minutes.
Djokovic won 4 break points in the match to 2 by Moraing. He also won 5 games in a row during the match to 2 by the German. The Serbian fired 6 Aces during the match to 3 by the German. Djokovic, in all, won 81 points during the match to 61 by Moraing. Djokovic will face World No 96 Federico Coria, 29 Argentina, in QFs on May 27, 2021.
Coria beat World No 91 Pablo Cuevas, 35, Uruguay, in straight sets 6-3, 6-2 in 75 minutes in 2nd round. Coria won 5 break points to just 1 by Cuevas. He also won 4 games in a row to 2 by Cuevas. The Argentinian, in all, won 62 points during the match to 40 by Cuevas.
World No 107 Fernando Verdasco, 37, Spain, upset 4th seed Adrian Mannarino, 32, France, 7-6, 6-0 in 2nd round in 1hr 30 minutes firing 4 Aces to reach quarter-finals. The Spainiard won 4 break points during the match to 1 by World No 36 Mannarino. Verdasco also won 7 games in a row to 3 by the Frenchman.