Tokyo OIympics: Novak Djokovic, Naomi Osaka Cruise As Women's Seeds Tumble

Tokyo Olympics: Novak Djokovic eased into the third round in men's singles tennis on Monday while Naomi Osaka, too, raced into the last 16 in women's singles with a second win in as many days.

Novak Djokovic strolled into the third round of the Tokyo Olympics tennis tournament on Monday as Japanese star Naomi Osaka's path to gold opened up further after a host of leading women's seeds exited. Djokovic smacked 14 aces in a 6-4, 6-3 win over Germany's 48th-ranked Jan-Lennard Struff and will play Spain's Alejandro Davidovich Fokina for a place in the quarter-finals. The world number one had led calls for organisers to push back start times to avoid the worst of the punishing heat after blazing sunshine brought the extreme weather policy into play in round one. But a gentle breeze and slightly overcast skies at Ariake Tennis Park made for less brutal conditions on the third day of the Games. "I was struggling with certain things in the first round, but today was far more pleasant to play, just a higher level of tennis on my side," said Djokovic. "I'm very pleased with the way I felt on the court."