The Serb was all smiles as he got the job done in his second-round start after a bye after losing a week ago in his opening match in Madrid to Grigor Dimitrov. The Bulgarian threat was knocked out earlier by French ninth seed Richard Gasquet 6-4, 6-4. Rafael Nadal began building for what he hopes will be a lucky seventh title at the Foro Italico after winning Madrid, his fifth title of a season which only began for him in February as he returned following seven months of knee injury absence. <img alt="Novak Djokovic" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/may/djokovic15may.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 636px;" /> Novak Djokovic. Pic/ AFP &quot;It&#39;s a little different here with the (lower) altitude. Playing three Masters 1000s (form Monte Carlo a month ago) is difficult when you are in the final rounds. &quot;There is no time to prepare the next tournament. I arrived on Monday and I&#39;m here to try my best.&quot; Djokovic wasted no time in his victory as he tries to finally rid himself of ankle problems which have bothered him for a month. The top seed improved to 23-4 in Rome, where he won 2008 and 2011 titles. In first-round play, Djokovic&#39;s fellow Serb Viktor Troicki spoiled the possibility of a Nadal rematch with Lukas Rosol as he beat the Czech 3-6, 6-1, 6-4. Rosol upset Nadal in the Wimbledon second round before the Spaniard was forced off court for his knee recovery. Frenchman Julien Benneteau defeated 12th seed Nicolas Almagro 7-6 (7/2), 6-4 while Russian Mikhail Youzhny surprised German number 13 Tommy Haas 6-4, 6-3. The 35-year-old Haas won the Munich clay title little more than a week ago and reached the third round in Madrid. Madrid finalist and 15th seed Stanislas Wawrinka staged a fightback to overcome Carlos Berlocq 5-7, 6-3, 6-3. Spain&#39;s Fernando Verdasco beat Argentina&#39;s Horacio Zeballos in three sets, while Frenchman Jeremy Chardy also needed three sets before beating Spaniard Feliciano Lopez 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7/4). Argentine seventh seed Juan Martin del Potro was making his return to action after a virus, taking on Russian Andrey Kuznetsov. Among the women, Briton Laura Robson was no match for world number one Serena Williams, who advanced 6-2, 6-2 in their second round meeting - their first career encounter. Robson beat the American&#39;s sister Venus in the previous round but was unable to pull off another surprise as Serena moved to a meeting with either Melanie Oudin or Dominika Cibulkova in round three. Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki is still without a win in a major clay-court tournament this season as the French Open approaches after losing a marathon match to Bojana Jovanovski 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/5). With her victory, the 21-year-old from Belgrade ended a poor run of form and claimed her first win since mid-January at the Australian Open. The 10th-seeded Wozniacki laboured for almost three hours in a struggle which ended in front of a standing-room only crowd as she lost to her 48th-ranked opponent in their first-round match. Watching was golfer boyfriend Rory McIlroy. Russian Maria Kirilenko restored order for the seeds at the Foro Italico as the number 12 beat Spain&#39;s Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-3, 6-3. Meanwhile, German Julia Goerges advanced over Czech Andrea Hlavackova despite losing the opening set and Varvara Lepchenko of the US defeated Lesya Tsurenko 6-4, 6-2. Ursula Radwanska of Poland upset 15th seed Ana Ivanovic 6-3, 2-6, 6-2. 2011 Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova became the first woman into the third round, beating Germany&#39;s Sabine Lisicki 6-4, 0-6, 7-5. u00a0

Two-tme Rome masters champion Novak Djokovic began his campaign for a hat-trick trophy with a 70-minute, 6-2, 6-3 win over Albert Montanes which was wrapped up with an ace.

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