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Djokovic, Murray, Federer reach Paris Masters QFs

World No. 1 and former champion Novak Djokovic, second-seeded Andy Murray and former top-ranked great Roger Federer were a trio of third-round winners Thursday at the $3.06 million Paris Masters.
< the="" reigning="" u.s.="" open,="" wimbledon="" and="" australian="" open="" champion="" djokovic="" dropped="" the="" first="" set="" against="" 15th-seeded="" fellow="" serb="" viktor="" troicki="" before="" rebounding="" for="" a="" 4-6,="" 6-3,="" 6-1="" victory="" on="" the="" indoor="" hardcourts="" at="" palais="" omnisports="" de="" paris-bercy.="" the="" 2009="" paris="" masters="" titlist="" djokovic="" piled="" up="" 44="" unforced="" errors,="" but="" also="" broke="" troicki="" six="" times="" en="" route="" to="" the="" 1-hour,="" 56-minute="" victory.="" he="" is="" now="" 10-1="" lifetime="" against="" his="" davis="" cup="" teammate,="" including="" wins="" in="" their="" last="" 10="" meetings.="" the="" 24-year-old="" djokovic="" is="" now="" 69-4="" this="" season="" and="" enjoying="" one="" of="" the="" best-ever="" campaigns="" in="" the="" history="" of="" the="" atp.="" djokovic's="" quarterfinal="" opponent="" on="" friday="" will="" be="" sixth-seeded="" french="" crowd="" favorite="" jo-wilfried="" tsonga,="" who="" handled="" italian="" qualifier="" andreas="" seppi="" 6-3,="" 6-4="" on="" thursday.="" djokovic="" beat="" tsonga="" in="" the="" 2008="" aussie="" open="" finale.="" tsonga,="" who="" was="" the="" paris="" masters="" champ="" in="" 2008,="" has="" now="" qualified="" for="" the="" prestigious="" season-ending="" atp="" world="" tour="" finals="" in="" london="" in="" two="" weeks.="" meanwhile,="" a="" third-seeded="" federer,="" who="" has="" reached="" every="" masters="" final="" with="" the="" exception="" of="" paris,="" handled="" 16th-seeded="" frenchman="" richard="" gasquet="" 6-2,="" 6-4="" in="" 65="" minutes="" on="" day="" 4.="" the="" hot="" federer="" is="" fresh="" off="" his="" first="" title="" in="" 10="" months,="" as="" he="" ran="" the="" table="" in="" his="" native="" basel="" last="" week.="" up="" next="" for="" the="" 16-time="" grand="" slam="" champion="" will="" be="" gritty="" argentine="" juan="" monaco.="" the="" 2011="" aussie="" open="" runner-up="" murray="" mauled="" 13th-seeded="" struggling="" american="" andy="" roddick="" 6-2,="" 6-2.="" the="" scottish="" murray="" is="" now="" 8-3="" lifetime="" against="" the="" former="" world="" no.="" 1="" roddick,="" including="" a="" 2-0="" record="" this="" year.="" a="" frustrated="" roddick="" received="" a="" warning="" from="" the="" chair="" umpire="" in="" the="" second="" set="" on="" thursday="" after="" he="" smashed="" his="" racquet="" on="" the="" court.="" roddick="" hasn't="" reached="" a="" final="" in="" almost="" nine="" months="" and="" will="" finish="" a="" year="" outside="" the="" top="" 10="" for="" the="" first="" time="" since="" 2001.="" "i="" just="" need="" to="" get="" in="" better="" shape="" as="" far="" as="" movement,="" and="" kind="" of="" catch="" up="" a="" little="" bit,"="" roddick="" said.="" murray,="" who="" is="" now="" 17-0="" since="" the="" u.s.="" open,="" will="" meet="" fifth-seeded="" czech="" slugger="" tomas="" berdych="" here="" on="" friday.="" in="" some="" other="" third-round="" play="" on="" day="" 4,="" fourth-seeded="" spaniard="" david="" ferrer="" leveled="" 14th-seeded="" ukrainian="" alexandr="" dolgopolov="" 6-3,="" 6-2="" and="" berdych="" beat="" 11th-seeded="" serb="" janko="" tipsarevic="" 7-5,="" 6-4.="" berdych,="" like="" tsonga,="" has="" also="" qualified="" for="" the="" world="" tour="" finals.="" the="" 2010="" wimbledon="" runner-up="" berdych="" was="" the="" paris="" masters="" champ="" back="" in="" 2005.="" seventh-seeded="" mardy="" fish,="" who="" also="" has="" qualified="" for="" the="" trip="" to="" london="" this="" month,="" was="" leading="" the="" aforementioned="" monaco="" 2-1="" in="" the="" third="" set="" on="" thursday="" when="" the="" american="" retired="" from="" the="" bout="" with="" a="" thigh="" injury.="" monaco="" was="" 1-6,="" 7-6="" (8-6),="" 1-2="" victor.="" in="" addition="" to="" berdych,="" tsonga="" and="" fish,="" the="" star-studded="" field="" at="" the="" atp="" world="" tour="" finals="" will="" feature="" djokovic,="" french="" open="" champ="" rafael="" nadal,="" murray,="" federer="" and="" ferrer.="" the="" 2011="" paris="" masters="" titlist="" will="" claim="" $625,000./="">

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