Novak Djokovic earned a free trip into the semi-finals of the Rotterdam Open yesterday as his second opponent in three matches this week proved unable to take to the court.
Novak Djokovic earned a free trip into the semi-finals of the Rotterdam Open yesterday as his second opponent in three matches this week proved unable to take to the court.
Only 48 hours after Sergiy Stakhovsky was unable to complete his first round contest with Djokovic, German Florian Meyer withdrew with a hamstring tear a day before his quarter-final with the Serb top seed.
"Of course, you never want to get a win this way, but I'll take it the way it is," said the World No 2 after moving into the quarter-finals with a 6-4, 6-2 win against Swiss Marco Chiudinelli.
"Today's win was a convenient match for me from the start. I felt confident on my service games and took enough of my opportunities on his. I did what I needed to win and that's what matters."
The top seed paved the way for a sweep of the leading players into the last eight, with third seed Gael Monfils joining in with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Holland's Thiemo de Bakker.
Second seed Nikolay Davydenko completed the winning trio with a 6-3, 6-2 defeat of crowd-pleaser Marcos Baghdatis in their second-round clash.
Djokovic met up with world number 54 Chiudinelli three weeks ago, emerging with an Australian Open second round victory.
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