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Novak Djokovic of SerbiaJASON LEE/Reuters

Vancouver native Vasek Pospisil lost his second-round match Wednesday at the China Open.

He fell to top-seed Novak Djkovic of Serbia 6-3, 7-5. Djokovic, eyeing a fifth title at Beijing, broke the big-serving Pospisil four times and lost only six points on his first serve in his dominant display. Pospisil led 5-3 in the second set only to see the Wimbledon champion storm back to win the next four games and take the match.

Pospisil had earlier advanced to the second round by defeating Lukas Rosol in two sets.

Petra Kvitova and Venus Williams, meanwhile, will meet in the third round of the China Open in a reprise of their dramatic, three-set encounter at Wimbledon.

The third-seeded Czech defeated Peng Shuai of China 6-4, 6-2 beneath the roof on centre court on a cold, rainy Wednesday in Beijing. Williams advanced on Tuesday with a win over France's Caroline Garcia.

In June, Kvitova was two points from defeat in a third-round match with Williams, but came back to prevail 5-7, 7-6 (2), 7-5 and ride that momentum all the way to her second Wimbledon title.

"Every match (I have) played with Venus was a really great fight until the end," Kvitova said. "It's the third round in the tournament. It's very early to meet each other again, same as Wimbledon."

Kvitova leads their head-to-head series 4-1, but each match has gone three sets. Both players are on a roll, too, with Kvitova coming off a title at the Wuhan Open last week that qualified her for the WTA Finals in Singapore, and Williams reaching two finals in Canada this summer.

"I feel well on the court," Kvitova said. "My confidence is a little bit higher than after the U.S. Open."

The rain wiped out play on the outer courts, leaving only a handful of matches scheduled for centre court.

Former U.S. Open champion Samantha Stosur upset No. 6-seeded Caroline Wozniacki 6-4, 7-6 (9).

Wozniacki, who is having a resurgent season and had won 25 of her last 31 matches, wasted five set points and double-faulted three times in the second-set tiebreaker, including on match point.

Also scheduled was French Open champion Maria Sharapova against Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain.

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