Dimitrov, Cilic, Djokovic enter Round of 16 of Rogers Cup

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Patna : World No 5 Grigor Dimitrov, 27, Bulgaria, World No 7 Marin Cilic, 29, Croatia, and World No 10 Novak Djokovic, 31, Serbia, entered the Round of 16 of Rogers Cup tennis tournament, Toronto, Canada, on August 8, 2018.

Dimitrov beat World No 31 Fernando Verdasco, 34, Spain, in a three-set thriller 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 in the second round. Dimitrov hammered 14 Aces in the match to 10 by Verdasco. But, he also committed 5 double faults compared to 3 by Verdasco.

Cilic beat World No 20 Borna Coric, 21, Croatia, in a three-set encounter 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 in the second round. Cilic hammered 12 Aces in the match to 8 by Coric.

Djokovic beat World No 121 Peter Polansky, 30, Canada, 6-3, 6-4 in the second round. Djokovic fired Aces in the match to none by Polansky. Both the players committed 2 double faults each. Djokovic won 2 break points in the match.

World No 26 Denis Shapovalov, 19, Canada, beat World No 46 Jeremy Chardy, 31, France, 6-1, 6-4 to enter the second round. Both the players fired 4 Aces each in the match.