Rafael Nadal and Tomas Berdych won their matches while Grigor Dimitrov defeated Pablo Andujar to face Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals of the China Open in Beijing on Thursday.

Second seeded Nadal cruised through the quarterfinals after defeating German qualifier Peter Gojowczyk 6-3 6-4.

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The 9-time French Open winner will now face Slovakian Qualifier Martin Klizan who won over seventh seed Ernests Gulbis after retiring the match at 0-3 in the second set.

Third seeded Berdych also had a relatively easy matchup against Serbian wild card Viktor Troicki 6-3 6-4 and sets up a confrontation against eighth seeded American John Isner.

The 29-year-old Czech is eighth in the current list of players who are vying to compete at the year-ending WTA World Tour Finals which will be held in London this November.

Berdych is just 15 points behind David Ferrer and with his quarterfinals appearance; he had already surpassed the Spaniard that might be enough to land him a spot at the prestigious event.

Meantime, Grigor Dimitrov is in 11^th place and has a slim chance of making it into the eight-man short list.

Even though Dimitrov has advanced to the quarters after defeating Andujar 6-4 6-4, he has a mountain to climb as he faces World No. 1 Djokovic next.

If the heavens are smiling at the 23-year-old Bulgarian and he wins the tournament, then and then he might be able to make it to London.

The tournament is packed with top seeded players as Britain's No. 1 Andy Murray just won his second round match against Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay 6-2 6-2.

The recent Shenzhen Open champion Murray will face the winner of the match between Marin Cilic and Joao Sousa.

U.S. Open champion Cilic is currently up by a set against Portugal's Sausa in their second round matchup as of press time.

 

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