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NEW YORK, United States?Serbian third seed Novak Djokovic advanced to the fourth round of the US Open on Saturday by defeating 108th-ranked US wild card James Blake 6-1, 7-6 (7/4), 6-3.

Djokovic, who lost the 2007 US Open final and US Open semi-finals the past two years to Roger Federer, will play American 19th seed Mardy Fish for a berth in the quarter-finals.

In a related development, the following are the collated results of Saturday's men's matches at the US Open tennis championships (x denotes seed) after third round:

Albert Montanes (ESP x21) bt Kei Nishikori (JPN) 6-2, 2-1, retired, groin
Robin Soderling (SWE x5) bt Thiemo de Bakker (NED) 6-2, 6-3, 6-3
Gael Monfils (FRA x17) bt Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 7-6 (7/4), 6-7 (4/7), 6-2, 6-4
Richard Gasquet (FRA) bt Kevin Anderson (RSA) 6-4, 7-6 (7/3), 7-5
Roger Federer (SUI x2) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
Mardy Fish (USA x19) bt Arnaud Clement (FRA) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
Jurgen Melzer (AUT x13) bt Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP x22) 7-5, 6-3, 6-1
Novak Djokovic (SRB x3) bt James Blake (USA) 6-1, 7-6 (7/4), 6-3