Djokovic beats Safiullin to advance to Shanghai Masters quarter-finals

SHANGHAI - Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic is through to the quarter-finals of the Shanghai Masters after a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Russian Roman Safiullin in the fourth round of the tournament on Wednesday.

World number four Djokovic, who won after 74 minutes of play, is now 3-0 head-to-head against Safiullin, who ranks 61st in the ATP rankings.

In the quarter-finals, Djokovic will face Czech Jakub Mensik, who defeated Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in the fourth round.

The prize money at the Shanghai Masters is 8,995,555 dollars.