(Reuters) - Top seed Novak Djokovic and Stan Wawrinka each survived a scare at the Western & Southern Open on Thursday to reach the quarter-finals where they will clash in a rematch of the French Open final.
Djokovic dropped the opening three games of the final set against 13th-seeded Belgian David Goffin but roared back for a 6-2 2-6 6-3 win in Cincinnati while French Open winner Wawrinka beat Croatia's Ivo Karlovic 6-7(2) 7-6(5) 7-6(5).
The Serbian world number one ran into trouble when his 24-year-old opponent broke in the first game of the second set, which resulted in a frustrated Djokovic destroying his racket with three smashes against the hardcourt.