SHANGHAI (AP)—It took a ''perfect match'' by Roger Federer for Novak ... and fourth of the year — against Frenchman Gilles Simon on Sunday. ''I was thinking about it midway through the match ...

Later, Djokovic got a vote of support from his rival, and another occasional victim of Simon’s, Roger Federer. “How much did you see Gilles Simon play?” Federer asked a reporter who brought ...