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Novak Djokovic launched his French open campaign for a winning debut with a major win over American Alexander Kovswik in the first round.
Number 3 seeds defeated Kovswiks in straight sets, 6–3 6-2 7-6 (7-1), in Rolland Garos because he begins his search for the third title at the Grand Slam.
The victory continued his undefeated record in the first round French open matches, moving 19–0 for his career.
The Serbian matched the first set by Roger Federer, which became the second player in Open Era, who won 65 consecutive rounds in the Grand Slam events, became the second player in Open Era-Rolland Garos 2006 and 2023.
With the 14 -time champion Rafael Nadal in the men’s draw, there is a big opportunity for many players to take steps and claim. Follicle,
Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz is one of the favorite as the top seed, but Djokovic also has a great chance to win the 23rd Grand Slam title, which will overtake Nadal at the top of the men’s all -time list and pursue his claim as the greatest male tennis player in history.
If Djokovic is capable of claiming the third French Open title, he will return to the top of the men’s world rankings. Now he won 86 wins in the Grand Slam, which is second only to Nadal’s 112.
But the 36-year-old has struggled with this Clay-court season, which has failed to overtake the quarter-finals of three incidents and is missing with a elbow injury.
However, in the first two sets against Kovswik, Djokovic did not show any signs of rust or nerves, dissecting a 24 -year -old child peacefully.
However, Kovswik-who was a self-profit Djokovic fan as a child and introduced a photo with Serbian as a seven-year-old child in the 2005 US Open-rally in the third set-when he was serving for the match, broke the Djokovic.
The fans who watched the Djokovic were the subject of the boys, when they cut the crowd after going above 4-3 in the third set.
Kovswik finally gave a very tough competition to force the third set to force a tiebreak, which Djokovic won quietly.
The 22 -time Grand Slam Champion will now face Hungarian Marten Fukasovics in the second round.
