Djokovic cruises into French Open third round

Second seed Novak Djokovic cruised into the French Open third round on Wednesday with a 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 win over France's Jeremy Chardy. It was Djokovic's ninth win in nine meetings against the world number 42 who has never taken a set off the Serb.

Updated on: May 28, 2014, 19:23:17 IST

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Second seed Novak Djokovic cruised into the French Open third round on Wednesday with a 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 win over France's Jeremy Chardy.

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It was Djokovic's ninth win in nine meetings against the world number 42 who has never taken a set off the Serb.

Djokovic, the 2012 runner-up who needs a French Open title to complete a career Grand Slam, next faces either 25th seeded Croat Marin Cilic or Germany's Tobias Kamke.

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