Nov 5, 2009, 17:26 GMT
Basle, Switzerland - Second seed Novak Djokovic made quick work of Jan Henrych as he smothered the Czech 6-0, 6-0 at the Swiss Indoors the first 'double bagel' of his career at the elite level Thursday.
The Serb was unstoppable in 52 minutes as the journeyman donated 40 unforced errors in the hammering.
'I know the crowd wanted him to win the last game, but I felt the need to win every game. There's no room for sympathy, we are professionals,' said the world number four.
'I played enough to win, I had great service games and on his serve I never felt pressure. He didn't put up much of an effort. Anytime you win like this the opponent has to be playing really poorly.'
The last time Djokovic flirted with perfection was summer of 2008 in a 6-1, 6-0 thrashing of David Nalbandian with the loss of just one game.
He also beat Andy Murray by that score in 2007 in Miami.
The whitewash was the first in Baslel since 1977, when Jeff Borowiak beat Trey Waltke in a first round. There have been four other love-love results on the ATP this season, most recently in Los Angeles in the summer.
Djokovic, who broke six times, saved three break points in the first set prior to completing his rout of the number 59.
The 68-18 player for 2009 next plays either Swiss sixth seed Stan Wawrinks of Finn Jarkko Nieminen.
'I'll try to go all the way. Since the Cincinnati final (against Roger Federer) I've been playing really well. I'm getting better and better,' added the winner of last month's Beijing title plus another two in 2009.
Federer now has a quarter-final opponent for Friday after Russian Evgeny Korolev won through over Jeremy Chardy 6-4, 7-6 (7-1), just a day after the Frenchman beat seventh seed James Blake with 24 aces.
Marco Chiudinelli maintained his autumn run of form, reaching his second quarter-final after Bali in October with a defeat of Swiss compatriot Michael Lammer 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Chiudinelli, 9-11 in 2009, next plays either Richard Gasquet or American John Isner.
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