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Wimbledon, England (Sports Network) - Novak Djokovic isnt taking anyone lightly at Wimbledon, especially after the early exits of former champions Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. Nadal went out in the first round and Federer followed in round two, but the top-seeded Serbian has not dropped a set in winning each of his first three matches this week at the All England Club. Djokovic made short work of Frenchman Jeremy Chardy on Saturday in the third round, cruising to a 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 victory in a mere 86 minutes. The 2011 champion blistered 38 winners and committed just three unforced errors. He broke serve five times and didnt face a break point against his own dominant serve. Next up for the world No. 1 will be resurgent German veteran Tommy Haas. The 35-year-old former world No. 2 advanced Saturday with a 4-6, 6-2, 7-5, 6-4 win over Spaniard Feliciano Lopez. Haas is playing Wimbledon for the 14th time and has advanced past the fourth round only once -- a semifinal run in 2009. Haas, after first-round exits each of the past two years, is seeded 13th this week thanks to a win in Munich, a runner-up in San Jose and a quarterfinal appearance at the French Open. He had his run at Roland Garros stopped by Djokovic with a straight-set loss after beating him in the fourth round at the Miami Masters. Fourth-seeded David Ferrer nearly became the third top-five seed eliminated in the first week, but rallied for a 6-7 (6-8), 7-6 (7-2), 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 win over Alexandr Dolgopolov of the Ukraine. Ferrer, a quarterfinalist at the AEC for the first time last year and the runner-up at this years French Open, will next meet Croatias Ivan Dodig, who was comfortably ahead 6-0, 6-1, 1-0 when Dutchman Ivan Sjisling retired. Tomas Berdych and Juan Martin del Potro were among the early winners Saturday, while Frenchman Richard Gasquet was sent home. The seventh-seeded Berdych bounced back from a tough first set and earned a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 victory over South Africas Kevin Anderson, while the eighth-seeded del Potro cruised to a 7-5, 7-6 (7-3), 6-0 triumph over Slovenias Grega Zemlja. Next up for Berdych, the 2010 Wimbledon runner-up, will be Australias Bernard Tomic, who took out the ninth-seeded Gasquet in 7-6 (9-7), 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (7-5) fashion. As for del Potro, the 2009 U.S. Open champ from Argentina will next meet Italys Andreas Seppi, a 3-6, 6-2, 6-7 (4-7), 6-1, 6-4 winner over Japanese 12th seed Kei Nishikori. A quartet of matches rescheduled from Friday were also completed Saturday. Spains Fernando Verdasco posted a 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 win over Ernests Gulbis of Latvia and will next play Frenchman Kenny De Schepper, who advanced with a 6-4, 7-6 (10-8), 6-4 triumph over Argentinas Juan Monaco. 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The reaction to defeat at Lords speaks volumes for the febrile atmosphere in English cricket at present.With a couple of newspapers calling for the selectors to be sacked, you would think defeat at Lords, or defeat against Pakistan, was an unprecedented disaster. But actually England lost at Lords in 2015 and 2014 and Pakistan beat them 2-0 barely six months ago.So quite why the defeat at Lords has caused such shock is puzzling. Pakistan are a fine side with, arguably, the best bowling attack in the world. They are rated above England in the rankings and Lords (and The Oval and Manchester) offer England little home advantage. Anyone surprised by Pakistan playing well - or Englands batting looking fragile - really hasnt been paying attention.The consternation over the absence of James Anderson is puzzling, too. The decision not to risk him at Lords - a not unreasonable decision bearing in mind he had yet to play a game after sustaining a shoulder injury - was not responsible for the defeat. Englands na?ve batting, as Alastair Cook termed it, was.Its certainly not a selection fiasco in the grand traditions of English cricket. Take the Major Nigel Bennett episode, for example. Major Bennett popped into The Oval in 1946 to renew his county membership after the war, but was mistaken for Major Leo Bennet - who had represented the British Empire XI during the war - and offered the captaincy. He took up the offer before anyone realised a mistake had been made and went on to lead Surrey to what was, at the time, the worst season in their history. He averaged 16 with the bat.Still, Andersons return to the squad - he bowled in the nets on Wednesday and looks fully fit - is welcome. So, too, is Ben Stokes, who admitted he required the bowling he gained in the Championship match he played against Lancashire instead of the first Test to regain match fitness. Both of them are highly likely to play though the selectors have given the captain and coach - a coach, it should be remember, who has barely seen a weeks county cricket in his life - every option with an unusually large 14-man squad.With Stokes and Woakes available as allrounders, England have plentiful options here. One of those is to field a second spinner (Saqlain Mushtaq worked with Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali in training on Wednesday) and either drop one of the batsmen (probably James Vince, but perhaps Gary Ballance) or play only three of Stokes, Woakes, Anderson and Stuart Broad.ddddddddddddBearing in mind Pakistans excellence against spin and Englands record of success fielding a two-man spin attack in home Tests - they have not won a game in England using a two-man spin attack since 1985 - and that looks both an unwise and unlikely scenario. England have only fielded a two-man spin attack at home six times in the last 20 years. The last time - at The Oval in 2013 - saw Simon Kerrigans unfortunate debut. The time before that was in 2009 when Monty Panesar helped James Anderson bat England to what had seemed an unlikely draw against Australia in Cardiff.It seems more likely that England will pick the four-man seam attack with one spinner. Whether that is Rashid or Moeen remains to be seen, though Rashid does look the favourite at this stage. Pakistan look likely to play only one spinner though, as Stokes remarked on Wednesday, Yasir may well be the best legspinner since Shane Warne.As well as a few Lancashire players, Glen Chapple and Steve Rhodes attended England training on Wednesday with a view to taking coaching tips back to their counties. Matt Parkinson, the Lancashire legspinner, will again bowl in the nets on Thursday (he was with the England squad at Lords) and Mason Crane, the Hampshire legspinner, will do the same at The Oval. The England camp also hope to continue to engage with former players and create situations where they can pass on their tips to the current team. Andy Caddick is expected to speak to the squad at Edgbaston and Darren Gough will do so later in the summer.Although the outfield at Old Trafford is not especially pretty - the result of staging lucrative Rihanna and Beyonce concerts here in recent weeks - the pitch is expected to be good. It should offer some pace, bounce and spin as the surface wears; in short, it should reward good cricket.Lancashire played two spinners in their last Championship match here. One of them - Parkinson - took a five-wicket haul in the first innings. The groundstaff are using the cannabis hot lamps we have seen previously at Edgbaston to promote grass growth on the outfield (either that or they have moved into a most unorthodox sideline) but, unless heavy rain hits, it should only be a cosmetic problem. ' ' '