Novak Djokovic began his title defense at the Rogers Cup with a routine 6-4, 6-4 win over local hope Frank Dancevic on Tuesday. The Serb joined another former champ, sixth-seeded Andy Roddick, in the third round. There were questions about world No. 3 Djokovic's confidence given it was his first match since a stunning second-round loss at Wimbledon to Marat Safin. But after a shaky first service game and nearly being broken, Djokovic broke Dancevic in the 10th game for the first set, was broken when he served for the match at 5-3 in the second, but broke back in the next game to win in 77 minutes. "I felt Novak was just on his game from the first ball," said Dancevic, a quarterfinalist last year. "His returns were getting better and better as the match went on." Djokovic, who has already won two Masters titles this year, is...
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