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Canada's Pospisil advances to face Djokovic in quarter-finals at Tel Aviv Open

Canada's Vasek Pospisil cruised to a 6-3, 6-2 win over Israeli qualifier Edan Leshem on Thursday to reach the quarter-finals at the Tel Aviv Open in Israel, where he will face Top-seeded Novak Djokovic.

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Field Level Media · Posted: Sep 29, 2022 7:35 PM EDT | Last Updated: September 29, 2022

Vancouver's Vasek Pospisil, seen during the National Bank Open in August, cruised to a 6-3, 6-2 win over Israeli qualifier Edan Leshem on Thursday to reach the quarter-finals at the Tel Aviv Open in Israel. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)

Top-seeded Novak Djokovic looked sharp in his first ATP match in 2 1/2 months as he rolled to a 6-0, 6-3 win over Spain's Pablo Andujar on Thursday to reach the quarter-finals of the Tel Aviv Open in Israel.

The Serbian has eight aces among 29 winners and committed just eight unforced errors in his first tour match since winning Wimbledon on July 10. Djokovic broke Andujar's service four times during the 87-minute match.

Djokovic was unable to play on the recent U.S. hardcourt circuit and missed the U.S. Open due to his COVID-19 vaccination status. Djokovic next faces Canadian lucky loser Vasek Pospisil, who cruised to a 6-3, 6-2 win over Israeli qualifier Edan Leshem.

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Among other matches, Arthur Rinderknech of France had 35 winners and saved a match point during a 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (7) win over third-seeded Diego Schwartzman of Argentina.

British qualifier Liam Broady scored a 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 victory over No. 5 seed Botic van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands, and France's Constant Lestienne took down Emil Ruusuvuori of Finland 6-4, 6-2.

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