Top seeds Djokovic and Williams win China Open

World number ones Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams sailed through to convincing victories in the China Open today.
Djokovic overcame Spain's Rafael Nadal in straight sets and maintain a remarkable 100 percent record in the Beijing tournament, while Williams claimed a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Serbia's Jelena Jankovic as her dominant season continues.
Djokovic, who has won the event the four times he has entered, was at his ruthless best to defeat Nadal 6-3, 6-4, a day before he is set to be unseated at the top of the world rankings by the Spaniard.
It was Nadal's first hard court loss of the season.

The second seed in Beijing showed only rare glimpses of the form that has seen him win 10 titles this year, with his Serbian opponent racing to a 3-0 lead in the first ten minutes.
Top seed Djokovic then powered ahead, showing formidable power-hitting to take the first set 25 minutes later.

The pair displayed incredible movement in the opening game of the second set, engaging in quickfire net-play much to the delight of the crowd.
Nadal came out on top of that duel, winning the point, but Djokovic took the game to break serve.
Djokovic then kept his nerve, holding serve until the end of the match on one hour 27 minutes.

The victory was a consolation for Djokovic, who is spending his 101st week at number one. But his current streak of 48 weeks will end on Monday when the ATP announces its new rankings with Nadal at the top.
The Spaniard only needed to make the final to unseat him.
After the match, Djokovic congratulated Nadal on his achievement.
"I have to say congratulations to Rafael because he deserves definitely to be number one of the world this year with the season that he has had," he said in an interview on court.
"He is the best player so far in 2013, there is no question about it.