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 The top seed, who had a first-round bye, next faces 13th-seeded
American John Isner or Frenchman Gael Monfils for a place in the
quarter-finals.
Djokovic, who is in a race with Roger Federer to end the season on
top of the rankings, quickly opened a 3-0 lead playing some
aggressive tennis at the Bercy arena.
Kohlschreiber pulled a break back but his opponent held firm to bag
the opening set with a service winner.
Djokovic then broke in the first game of the second set as the
German struggled to focus.
Kohlschreiber produced a series of beautiful backhand winners but
could still not manage to unsettle the Serb.
Djokovic, who became a father for the first time last week, wrapped
up victory on his first match point.
"It was a very good match considering the fact that I didn't play
indoors for a year (since last year's ATP World Tour Finals). I
struggled a little bit physically. It was a pretty tough couple of
weeks," DJokovic told reporters.
The Paris Masters will decide who travels to London next month for
the Tour Finals with Djokovic, Federer, Stanislas Wawrinka and Marin
Cilic already qualified.
Czech Tomas Berdych, the fifth seed who currently sits eighth in the
Race to London, reached the third round with a 6-4 6-7(3) 6-2 defeat
of French wild card Adrian Mannarino.
A Berdych defeat would have ensured Briton Andy Murray qualified for
the Tour finals, but the Czech regained his composure after losing a
second set tiebreak, and never looked back after a decisive break in
the third game of the decider.
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RACE TO LONDON: Points
1. Novak Djokovic 9010 - qualified
2. Roger Federer 8520 - qualified
3. Rafa Nadal* 6835
4. Stanislas Wawrinka 4805 - qualified
5. Andy Murray 4295
6. Kei Nishikori 4265
7. Marin Cilic** 4150 - qualified
8. Tomas Berdych 4105
9. David Ferrer 3865
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10 Milos Raonic 3840
11 Grigor Dimitrov 3555
* Nadal has withdrawn due to appendicitis
** Cilic qualifies as U.S. Open champion
(Editing by Tony Jimenez and Toby Davis)
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