<p> <br />Second seed Novak Djokovic again looked impressive as he continued his imperious form in China with a 6-4, 6-2 thrashing of German qualifier Rainer Schuettler. Stanislas Wawrinka and Gael Monfils became the sixth and seventh players to retire injured from the $3.24 million tournament.<br /><br />World number two Nadal, still not back at his best after an injury-disrupted second half of the season, cantered through the first set but lost his serve at the start of the second. <br /><br />The 23-year-old Australian Open champion battled back into the set in a marathon third game before breaking again for a 5-4 lead and serving out for victory. Sixth seed Nikolay Davydenko defused Fernando Gonzalez's serve with his mobility along the baseline to grab a sixth win in six meetings against the Chilean, 6-3, 7-5. <br /><br />Simon, seeded eighth, notched up a 6-3, 6-4 win over Czech Tomas Berdych. Robin Soderling upset error-prone French fifth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3, 6-3. Swiss Wawrinka was losing 3-6, 7-6, 4-2 to Czech Radek Stepanek when abdominal pains caused him to withdraw, while French 11th seed Monfils was down 6-2, 3-0 to Ivan Ljubicic when he quit because of a back injury.<br /><br />Sania-Vania bow out<br /><br />Second seeds Sania Mirza and her American partner Vania King suffered a shock 4-6, 2-6 defeat at the hands of the unseeded French pair of Julie Coin and Mathilde in the doubles event of the Japan Open, adds PTI from Osaka.<br /><br />Curtains were drawn on Indian challenge at the Tashkent ATP Challenger following Rohan Bopanna and Yen Hsun Yen Lu’s 6-3, 1-6, 5-10 semifinal defeat to local favourites Denis Istomin and Murad Inoyatov in the doubles event.</p>
<p> <br />Second seed Novak Djokovic again looked impressive as he continued his imperious form in China with a 6-4, 6-2 thrashing of German qualifier Rainer Schuettler. Stanislas Wawrinka and Gael Monfils became the sixth and seventh players to retire injured from the $3.24 million tournament.<br /><br />World number two Nadal, still not back at his best after an injury-disrupted second half of the season, cantered through the first set but lost his serve at the start of the second. <br /><br />The 23-year-old Australian Open champion battled back into the set in a marathon third game before breaking again for a 5-4 lead and serving out for victory. Sixth seed Nikolay Davydenko defused Fernando Gonzalez's serve with his mobility along the baseline to grab a sixth win in six meetings against the Chilean, 6-3, 7-5. <br /><br />Simon, seeded eighth, notched up a 6-3, 6-4 win over Czech Tomas Berdych. Robin Soderling upset error-prone French fifth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3, 6-3. Swiss Wawrinka was losing 3-6, 7-6, 4-2 to Czech Radek Stepanek when abdominal pains caused him to withdraw, while French 11th seed Monfils was down 6-2, 3-0 to Ivan Ljubicic when he quit because of a back injury.<br /><br />Sania-Vania bow out<br /><br />Second seeds Sania Mirza and her American partner Vania King suffered a shock 4-6, 2-6 defeat at the hands of the unseeded French pair of Julie Coin and Mathilde in the doubles event of the Japan Open, adds PTI from Osaka.<br /><br />Curtains were drawn on Indian challenge at the Tashkent ATP Challenger following Rohan Bopanna and Yen Hsun Yen Lu’s 6-3, 1-6, 5-10 semifinal defeat to local favourites Denis Istomin and Murad Inoyatov in the doubles event.</p>