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Novak Djokovic jokingly credited a racquet smash after losing thefirst set on Thursday with helping him turn around his game toscratch out a 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 victory over Argentine Juan Monaco tosurvive into the quarterfinals of the Rome Masters. "I hope the kids didn't see it," joked the Serbworld number one after finally recovering form a set and a breakdown against the Argentine clay ace, winner of two titles on thesurface so far in 2012. The Serb added: "I always show my emotions on court,it's who I am." The defending champion, who alsoclaimed Rome honours in 2008, called the contest "a strangematch." "It was difficult to play in the wind, but itwas the same for both. He was able to deal with conditions betterat the start, but after a set and a half I started to play betterand change my strategy. "I never expected an easy match against him on his favouritesurface. I felt I started hitting the ball better." Monacoclaimed the opening set on a fifth set point, the moment thatDjokovic tipped briefly over the edge as he destroyed his stick. The Serb went down a break in the second but got two of his own ashe began to find form and rhythm. The third set hinged on a break for 5-3 for Djokovic, with Monacogoing down on a second match point. Djokovic ended with 16 winners and 40 unforced errors, breakingfour times against his 15th-ranked opponent. Ferrer, Kvitova advance Spanish sixth seed David Ferrer also reached the last eight withanother consistent week on clay as the Spaniard beat French 11thseed Gilles Simon 6-0, 7-6 (7-5). Seventh seed Tomas Berdych, who lost the Madrid final to RogerFederer, advanced over Spain's Nicolas Almagro 7-6 (7-3),6-3. Women's top seed Victoria Azarenka withdrew before her thirdround match with a right shoulder injury, handing a win to SlovakDominika Cibulkova. Fourth seed Petra Kvitova beat Sorona Cirstea of Romania 6-2, 5-7,6-2 while 12th seed Angelique Kerber won a German battle with JuliaGoerges 6-4, 6-1.Djokovic racquet smash makes the winning difference - Wavecom GSM Modem - China GPS Module The e-commerce company in China offers quality products such as Wavecom GSM Modem , China GPS Module, and more. For more , please visit GSM Module today!
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