Toto Wolff says Mercedes has a duty to ensure Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamiltons can fight for the title until the chequered flag in Abu Dhabi and insists both men would be a worthy 2016 champion.Rosberg leads Hamilton by 12 points going into the season finale knowing a podium finish will be enough to guarantee a first career title. Though Mercedes has enjoyed the most dominant of its three seasons at the top of the pecking order this year it has also suffered reliability issues, with Hamilton encountering trouble in China and Russia before a decisive engine failure while leading the Malaysian Grand Prix.After securing a one-two finish in chaotic conditions in Brazil Wolff says the team has turned its attention to a ensuring a trouble-free final race.Last weekend we saw yet another classic Interlagos race, Wolff said. To come away from all the drama of the crazy weather, the re-starts and the extreme track conditions with a 1-2 finish was a special result. Of course, the bigger picture is an exciting finale in Abu Dhabi.To have the title decided between our two drivers at the final race of the season, for the second time in three years, shows just how closely matched they are. It also shows how much this team has achieved. We can be very proud of that.Despite those issues Wolff insists whichever man wins the title will have done so deservedly.But, as a group, we now have one very important final duty this season -- to give Nico and Lewis the platform they need to battle it out to the flag. Both of them have been exceptional and either one would make a worthy champion. Its been a gruelling year for us all, with a record-breaking calendar and the added challenge of a new regulation set to prepare for in 2017.After such a battle of endurance, the winner can say without doubt that they earned it. We are all excited to see who that will be. May the best man win. Cheap Nike React Shoes . 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Top-ranked Djokovic quickly overcame an early break to cruise past Spanish qualifier Albert Montanes 6-2, 6-3 and second-seeded Federer routed Italian wild card Potito Starace 6-1, 6-2 Tuesday to reach the third round of the Italian Open. In the womens tournament, the top-ranked Williams brushed aside Laura Robson 6-2, 6-2 a day after the rising British player had beaten her sister, Venus Williams. Djokovic dropped his serve to fall behind 2-1 in the opening set but broke back immediately and took control from there against his 32-year-old opponent. The six-time Grand Slam champion didnt appear to have any problem with his right ankle, which he twisted while representing Serbia in the Davis Cup in April then appeared to hurt again in a loss to Grigor Dimitrov at the Madrid Open last week. "It was a good performance for a start, although I know I can do better," Djokovic said. "My game has to be better for the next challenge. I didnt have a good week in Madrid but I came here early and did a lot of practice." Djokovic didnt practice for 12 days between winning the Monte Carlo Masters in April and the start of the Madrid tournament. "I was playing with a degree of injury," he said. "With Paris and London coming up I need to be 100 per cent. ... the positive thing is that my ankle is well and Im playing without pain, and I did not want an injury in the most important part of the year." Djokovic has reached the final in four of the five past years at the Foro Italico, winning the title in 2008 and 2011. Federer has never won in Rome, with his best results being two runner-up finishes. He lost the 2003 final to Felixx Mantila and in 2006 dropped a fifth-set tiebreaker to Rafael Nadal.dddddddddddd After a seven-week break from the tennis circuit, Federer returned to action last week and got his clay-court season off to a difficult start with a third-round loss to Kei Nishikori of Japan. Against Starace, however, Federer never struggled, with the Foro Italico crowds support for the local favourite proving useless. "I feel the way I want to feel," Federer said. "Im happy that from start to finish I was able to control the outcome of the match." Williams has won her past three tournaments but her only title at this event came in 2002. A former Wimbledon junior champion, the 39th-ranked Robson broke in the opening game of the match and tested Williams with her left-handed strokes, but the American eventually overpowered her. Robson hit several costly double faults. "It wasnt an easy match. There were a lot of balls flying back and forth," Williams said. "I knew she had a lot of potential but, playing against her, she has more potential than I thought. She doesnt have too many weaknesses, so thats a good sign of a future champion." Also reaching the third round were seventh-seeded Juan Martin del Potro, who beat Andrey Kuznetsov of Russia 6-3, 6-2; and ninth-seeded Richard Gasquet, who defeated Dimitrov 6-4, 6-4; while Kevin Anderson of South Africa eliminated 11th-seeded Marin Cilic 6-3, 7-6 (7) Two seeded players were upset in the first round. Julien Benneteau of France dispatched 12th-seeded Nicolas Almagro 7-6 (2), 6-4; and Mikhail Youzhny beat 13th-seeded Tommy Haas 6-4, 6-3 in a matchup of tour veterans. In other first-round matches, 15th-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka -- fresh off a runner-up result in Madrid -- rallied past Carlos Berlocq of Argentina 5-7, 6-3, 6-3. ' ' '