Djokovic squeaks through, Nadal coasts home

Indian Wells: Second seed Novak Djokovic saved three match points before scraping past Germany`s Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 in the third round of the Indian Wells ATP tournament.

Trailing 4-5 and 0-40, Djokovic took advantage of a spate of unforced errors by his opponent to claw back from the brink of defeat at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. The world number two, champion here in 2008, won that game when Kohlschreiber netted a forehand and he went on to clinch the tiebreak 7-3 as the German`s resistance crumbled. The Serb will next meet either 20th-seeded Croat Ivan Ljubicic or Argentine qualifier Brian Dabul.After Djokovic battled though in just over two-and-a-half hours on the stadium court, twice champion Rafa Nadal of Spain eased home with a 6-2, 6-2 demolition of Croat Mario Ancic. Nadal, who beat Britain`s Andy Murray in last year`s final, broke Ancic twice in each set to line up a fourth-round encounter with either John Isner or Sam Querrey of the US. Djokovic, who appeared to be in total control after sweeping through the opening set against Kohlschreiber and leading 2-0 in the second, let out a loud yell of relief after sealing victory with a forehand winner."Fighting through, it`s another win so I try to look on the positive side, the things I did well," the 22-year-old told reporters. Bureau Report