12 Oct 2009

Dokovic picks up third title of the year in China

6:42 am on 12 October 2009

The second seed Novak Djokovic has picked up his third ATP tennis title of the year, beating Coatia's Marin Cilic 6-2 7-6 in the final of the China Open in Beijing.

The 22 year old Serb will move up to number three in the world later this month, and he moves on this week to China's financial capital for the Shanghai Masters.

The womens title in Beijing went to Russia's French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova, a straight sets winner over the Pole Agnieszka Radwanska.

In Tokyo, Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga outgunned Russia's Mikhail Youzhny 6-3 6-3 to win the Japan Open with a dazzling mix of guile and brute force.

The world number seven captured his third title of the year and fifth of his career.