The up-and-coming tennis star Bernard Tomic was born in Germany, of Bosnian and Croatian parents.
Djokovic was playing his second round opener later Wednesday against young Australian Bernard Tomic.
Australia's Bernard Tomic also reached the last four, with the 20-year-old beating veteran Finn Jarkko Nieminen 6-7 (6-8) 6-4 6-2.
Meanwhile, home favorite Bernard Tomic built on his shock win over world number one Novak Djokovic by defeating Andreas Seppi.
Murray will play Santiago Giraldo in the third round after the Colombian beat Australia's 25th seed Bernard Tomic 6-4 6-1 6-3.
His fellow American Sam Querrey lost to Australia's 19-year-old rising star Bernard Tomic , who will next face Ukrainian 13th seed Alexandr Dolgopolov.
Elsewhere, home favorite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga booked his place in the semifinals of the Marseille Open following a 4-6 6-3 7-6 win over Australia's Bernard Tomic.
Next up for the 17-time grand slam winner is Australian rising star Bernard Tomic , who Federer beat in the fourth round of last year's tournament.
Now at least Australian tennis fans have a new star to root for: 18-year-old Bernard Tomic, who has become the youngest men's player since Boris Becker to reach the quarter-finals of Wimbledon.
Murray starts his defense of his Shanghai Masters title against Florian Mayer on Wednesday after the German beat Australia's Bernard Tomic 6-4 6-0 in the first round, while Djokovic faces Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria.
The incident continues the mixed career of Bernard Tomic, ranked 53rd in the world, and who was dropped from his Davis Cup side earlier in the year for what Australia captain Pat Cash called a lack of professionalism.
He was also beaten by Bernard Tomic in his singles rubber in the match against hosts Australia, but against Verdasco in the final he showed the form which has kept him at the top of the world rankings for the past two seasons.
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