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Djokovic wins third China Open title

Beijing, Oct 7 : World No.2 Novak Djokovic from Serbia captured his third China Open tennis title after edging out Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga here Sunday. The 25-year-old took one hour and 45 minutes to claim a 7-6, 6-2 victory, Xinhua reports.”I am planning to come back to the China Open next year,” Djokovic was quoted as saying by the ATP website.”It has been one of my most successful tournaments. After that, Tsonga was inconsistent and made a couple of deadly unforced errors before Djokovic took the first set at 7-4.With one set in hand, Djokovic started to call the shots in the second set while Tsonga, despite powering out nine more aces, found it hard to hold serve. After breaking in the third and fifth games, Djokovic never looked back.Earlier, American Mike Bryan overtook Australian Todd Woodbridge's mark of 83 career doubles titles when he, alongside brother Bob, beat Argentine Carlos Berlocq and Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 6-3, 6-2 for their third title here in four years.

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