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The 27-year-old top seeded Serb took an hour and 37 minutes
to down Murray and improve to a 23-0 record in Beijing.
Murray, fresh from his first victory in more than a year at last
week's Shenzhen Open, put up more resistance in the second set
but could not crack Djokovic's solid defense and smashed his
racquet in frustration after being broken in the ninth game.
Djokovic, who meets either Tomas Berdych or Martin Klizan, who
stunned world number two Rafa Nadal on Friday, restricted the
Scot to only seven winners and denied him four of his five break
point chances.
Sixth-seeded Murray has moved up to the ninth place in the race
to season-ending ATP Finals in London, which will feature the
top eight.
(Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty; Editing by John O'Brien)
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