Impressive Djokovic downs Kiefer in Montreal

By Simon Cambers

MONTREAL (Reuters) - Third seed Novak Djokovic opened his title bid at the Montreal Masters with an impressive 6-3 6-3 win over Germany's Nicolas Kiefer in the second round on Tuesday.

The Serb, a semi-finalist at Wimbledon last month, took the first set thanks to one service break and two more in the second set sealed victory in 83 minutes.

Djokovic, who won his first Masters Series crown in Miami earlier this year, will next meet either 16th seed David Ferrer of Spain or Argentina's David Nalbandian.

The 20-year-old Djokovic was forced to retire at Wimbledon with an injured toe but a few weeks off seem to have done the trick.

"For a week I was off," he said. "I managed to heal my injuries, the foot, the back, (the) shoulder.

"I'm trying to physically be ready for the U.S. Open Series because I feel confident and I showed my quality on this surface, in Indian Wells and Miami. I showed that I can play really good tennis, especially on this surface. I expect some good results in these couple of tournaments."

Sixth seed Fernando Gonzalez was dumped out, though, beaten 6-7 7-6 6-4 by Czech Radek Stepanek.

At 4-4 in the deciding set, Stepanek saved three break points and then broke the Chilean in the next game to clinch the match.  Continued...

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