Roland-Garros: Djokovic does the job for his entry into the competition

6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (7/1). Novak Djokovic has generally mastered, this Monday, his first round on the Philippe Chatrier court of Roland-Garros. The man with 22 Grand Slam titles, in doubt before the France International, did not really tremble against Aleksandar Kovacevic, 114th in the world, for his very first appearance in Grand Slam.

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• Roland Garros Men's Singles
• Roland Garros Women's Singles

The Serb who is apparently the idol of the 24-year-old American clearly explained to him on the Central why he is so strong in the first two rounds. And apart from a small drop in speed in the 3rd set (especially on serve), with two breaks conceded, the former world number 1 dominated this match to sign an 86th success on the Parisian clay. And to say loud and clear to the competition that it will obviously count on him during this fortnight. Which no one really doubted.

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Roland-Garros: the results of the 1st round

1st round (men's singles):

Denis Shapovalov (CAN/N.26) def. Brandon Nakashima (USA) 6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3

Cameron Norrie (GBR/N.14) def. Benoît Paire (FRA) 7-5, 4-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4

Diego Schwartzman (ARG) def. Bernabé Zapata (ESP/N.32) 1-6, 6-7 (5/7), 6-2, 6-0, 6-4

Juan Pablo Varillas (PER) def. Shang Juncheng (CHN) 4-6, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-1

Tomás Etcheverry (ARG) def. Jack Draper (GBR) 6-4, 1-0 (retired)

Alex De Minaur (AUS/N.18) def. Ilya Ivashka (BLR) 6-1, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3

1st round (women's singles):

Kayla Day (USA) def. Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 7-5, 6-1

Madison Keys (USA/N.20) def. Kaia Kanepi (EST) 6-1, 3-6, 6-1

Bernarda Pera (USA) def. Anett Kontaveit (EST) 7-6 (8/6), 6-2

Donna Vekic (CRO/N.22) def. Dayana Yastremska (UKR) 6-2, 7-5

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) def. Linda Fruhvirtová (CZE) 6-2, 6-2

María Camila Osorio (COL) def. Ana Bogdan (ROM) 3-6, 6-3, 7-5

Sloane Stephens (USA) def. Karolína Plísková (CZE/N.16) 6-0, 6-4

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