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Novak Djokovic overcame injury issues and sweltering heat as he beat Jaume Munar to continue his bid for a fifth Shanghai Masters title.<\/b><\/p>\n
The 24-time Grand Slam champion appeared to struggle with an ankle injury and called for the trainer on a number of occasions to receive treatment, but persevered to win 6-3 5-7 6-2.<\/p>\n
On Sunday Djokovic vomited during his win over Yannick Hanfmann in the previous round, which was played in temperatures of over 30C and 80% humidity.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday Djokovic called for a medical timeout after breaking to go 3-1 up in the first set and grimaced as he received treatment to his left ankle.<\/p>\n
After consolidating the break, he called for the trainer again before wrapping up the opener.<\/p>\n
The Serb continued to struggle and grasp his ankle after points, but he managed to keep pace with Munar until the Spaniard struck the decisive blow at 5-4 to take the match to a decider, with Djokovic falling to the floor exhausted after a lengthy rally.<\/p>\n
He was quickly attended to by the trainer and assisted to his chair before he had his blood pressure checked.<\/p>\n
But, despite appearing devoid of energy, Djokovic returned to the court and broke Munar’s serve at the first time of asking in the third set. <\/p>\n
The world number five broke again to take a 5-2 lead before holding to wrap up victory in two hours 41 minutes.<\/p>\n
Djokovic will face world number 44 Ziziou Bergs in the quarter-finals, after the Belgian came from behind to beat 31st seed Gabriel Diallo 3-6 7-5 7-6 (10-8) in the last 16.<\/p>\n
Tenth seed Holger Rune progressed to the quarter-finals with a 6-4 6-7 (7-9) 6-3 win against Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard.<\/p>\n
Afterwards Rune called for the ATP Tour to introduce a heat rule similar to the one used at Grand Slams.<\/p>\n
“It’s brutal when you have over 80% of humidity day after day, particularly for the guys when they’re playing during the day with the heat, with sun, it’s even more brutal,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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