Djokovic and Kvitova move up

Novak Djokovic maintained his 100 per cent record at the ATP/WTA China Open on Wednesday overcoming late resistance from Vasek Pospisil to win 6-3, 7-5, while Petra Kvitova powered through her women’s singles match.

In the women’s competition, world No. 3 Kvitova opened her campaign with a win, defeating home-crowd favourite Peng Shuai 6-4, 6-2.

The results:

In Beijing: ATP/WTA China Open: Men: Second round: Novak Djokovic bt Vasek Pospisil 6-3, 7-5.

Women: Second round: Samantha Stosur bt Caroline Wozniacki 6-4, 7-6(9); Petra Kvitova bt Shuai Peng 6-4, 6-2; Maria Sharapova bt Carla Suarez Navarro 6-1, 7-6(3); Alize Cornet bt Lauren Davis 6-2, 6-1.

In Tokyo: ATP Japan Open: Second round: Steve Johnson bt Marcel Granollers 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; Jack Sock bt Andrey Golubev 6-3, 1-6, 7-5; Gilles Simon bt Gilles Muller 4-6, 7-6(1), 6-3; Benjamin Becker bt Tatsuma Ito 6-3, 6-3.

First round: Kei Nishikori bt Ivan Dodig 6-3, 6-4.