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DOHA - World's best tennis player Novak Djokovic qualified for the Doha ATP quarterfinal as he defeated Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine in the second round match on Wednesday, 6-2, 6-1.

In the next round, Djokovic will cross rackets with Croatia's Ivo Karlovic who beat Georgia's Nikoloz Basilashvili, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3.

DOHA - Serbia's Novak Djokovic started off with a victory at the ATP tournament in Doha on Tuesday, easily beating compatriot Dusan Lajovic 6-2 6-1.

World number one needed only an hour in his first official match against Lajovic, hinting that he was in great form ahead of the first Grand Slam of the season, the Australian Open.

DOHA - Serbian tennis players Novak Djokovic and Filip Krajinovic scored a successful start in the men's doubles competition at the Doha ATP as they defeated Tunisia's Malek Jaziri and Jabor Mohammed Ali Mutawa from Qatar, 2-0 (6-1, 6-4).