Djokovic, Kuznetsova win China Open

Second seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia was rejuvenated by a rain break and came back on court to beat Croatian Marin Cilic 6-2, 7-6 to win his third title of the season at the China Open yesterday.



Djokovic, who will move up to number three in the world later this month, kept his 100 per cent career record against world number 15 Cilic intact in a contest long on rallies but short on quality.



French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova managed to avoid the rain and beat Agnieszka Radwanska 6-2, 6-4 to claim the women’s title, her second China Open title.



Radwanska had never tasted defeat in three previous tour finals, while Kuznetsova had lost two at the China Open alone, but yesterday the Russian was a class above the world number 11.