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Novak Djokovic said beating Milos Raonic in straight sets was a confidence-booster for the rest of the ATP World Tour Finals.Djokovic qualified for Saturdays semi-finals with a closely fought 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-5) victory in which Raonic hit 14 aces and 42 winners.Djokovic, by comparison, managed just two aces and 11 winners, but he prevailed thanks largely to his willingness to engage in long rallies and ability to lure Raonic into unforced errors. Live Tennis: ATP World Tour Finals November 16, 2016, 12:00pm Live on Get Sky Sports Get a Sky Sports pass Asked in his post-match press conference if the match would give him extra belief, Djokovic said: It certainly can.He won a lot of points like that against me today - big serve and then forehand - but I knew that Im going to have a couple of opportunities when his serve percentage drops, which happened early in the second set. Djokovic qualified for the semi-finals I thought it was a good performance. I should have maybe been a bit more aggressive in certain points and maybe I was too static in certain points. Highlights of Novak Djokovic v Milos Raonic from the ATP World Tour Finals In general, this definitely can serve as a great wind in the back for the next match and matches to come.Raonic completed only 58 per cent of his first serves and also struggled on his second, winning just 36 per cent of points. Djokovic speaks to Mark Petchey at the Sky Pad He now needs to beat Dominic Thiem in his final round-robin match, on Thursday, to guarantee his place in Saturdays semi-finals.Raonic said: Emotionally, Im a little bit upset, but it passes over quickly. Its not the kind of format where it stays with you. I have a chance in two days, 36 hours, 48 hours to come back and do better than I did today.I think I did a lot of things well that I hope I can continue into the next match. I hope I can serve a little bit better in the next one.Watch every day of the ATP World Tour Finals, from November 13-20, live on Sky Sports. Full schedule here. Six months half price Upgrade to Sky Sports now to watch Man Utd v Arsenal this Saturday and get the first six months halfAlso See:That was pulsating tennisMurrays service syndrome over?Shots to watch at the O2We will get the dream finalWholesale Shoes From China . Newcastle dominated in the early stages but City weathered the storm and then raised its game in extra time. Negredo broke the deadlock from close range after a simple move in the 99th minute before Dzeko took the ball round goalkeeper Tim Krul to seal the victory in the 105th. Cheap Shoes Wholesale . Numbers Game examines the deal that sees Michael Del Zotto and Kevin Klein switch places. The Predators Get: D Michael Del Zotto. http://www.wholesaleshoesfromchina.com/ . The third-ranked Ivanovic, who won the event in 2008 and 10, served five aces and broke Wickmayer, also a former winner in 2009, five times. "The result looked easier than it really was," Ivanovic said. China Wholesale Shoes . Rinne played two periods in his first game since left hip surgery in early May. Gabriel Bourque scored 3:07 into the second period and Austin Watson tallied 5:15 later for Nashville. Wholesale Shoes China . Inter president Erick Thohir says in a club statement on Wednesday that Vidic is "one of the worlds best defenders and his qualities, international pedigree, and charisma will be an asset.Hong Kong 148 for 4 (Hayat 78, Carter 41, Oluoch 3-29) beat Kenya 133 (Obanda 39, Ehsan Khan 3-12, Tanveer Ahmed 3-20, Nadeem Ahmed 3-23) by 39 runs (D/L method)Scorecard An aggressive half-century from Babar Hayat set Hong Kong up for a 39-run Duckworth-Lewis win in a rain-affected match against Kenya in Nairobi. The win moved Hong Kong up to 11 points from eight games, leaving them a point adrift of joint table-toppers Papua New Guinea and Netherlands.Rain delayed the start of play and forced the match to be reduced to 31 overs a side. Sent in to bat, Hong Kong lost Kinchit Shah with only two runs on the board, before Hayat joined the opener Christopher Carter in a 119-run second-wicket partnership. Both then fell in the space of eight balls, to the left-arm seamer Lucas Oluoch: Hayat for 78 off 68 balls (6x4, 4x6) and Carter for 41 off 63 (4x4, 1x6).dddddddddddd Hong Kong lost Anshuman Rath soon after as well, and were 148 for 4 in 25.1 overs when rain came down again.That interruption caused the match to be shortened further, with Kenya set a revised target of 173 in 25 overs. They made an excellent start, courtesy a 79-run opening stand between Irfan Karim and Alex Obanda, but fell away thereafter, losing all ten wickets for the addition of only 54 runs. Left-arm spinner Nadeem Ahmed, offspinner Ehsan Khan and medium-pacer Tanveer Ahmed picked up three wickets each. ' ' '