NOVAK DJOKOVIC and Rafael Nadal breezed through to the Qatar Open quarterfinals Wednesday, raising hopes the pair will appear in a dream Doha final later this week.

    No. 1 seed Djokovic lost just four games in a comprehensive defeat of Spain’s Fernando Verdasco with the world No. 1 triumphing 6-2, 6-2, in one hour nine minutes.

    He was matched straight after on Center Court by Nadal, the tournament’s No. 2 seed, who swept aside Robin Haase 6-3, 6-2 in just 65 minutes.

    Djokovic’s victory matched the result of his first round clash against Dustin Brown and means the Serb has spent just two hours on court in the first two rounds.

    Nadal was just as impressive in his victory over Haase. He broke the Dutchman early on and never looked back.

    “[I am] just very happy to be through, I think I played a very strong match,” said the Spaniard. (SD-Agencies)