By Chris Oddo | Thursday October 15, 2015

 

Another day another blowout for Novak Djokovic. His latest victim? Feliciano Lopez.

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Novak Djokovic won his 14th consecutive match, 6-2, 6-3, over Feliciano Lopez to notch his 70th win of 2015 and improve his streak of sets won consecutively to 16. It's the fifth time that Djokovic has reached the 70-win plateau, with his previous career-high win total reaching 78 in 2009.

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The World No. 1 defeated Lopez for the seventh time in seven lifetime encounters, breaking the Spaniard’s serve three times on 15 opportunities and saving all three break points he faced.

The Serb won 16 of 21 second serve return points against Lopez and was in control from start to finish.

With the win, Djokovic has now won 35 of his last 36 matches on Chinese soil. He will face either Richard Gasquet or Bernard Tomic in the quarterfinals.

Lopez, a three-time semifinalist in Shanghai, falls to 32-24 with the loss.