The greatest tennis player of all time, Novak Đoković, successfully began his campaign at Roland Garros, where he celebrated in the first round against the Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard with 3:1 (5:7, 7:5, 6:1, 6:4).
In the next round, Novak will play against another Frenchman, Valentin Royer, who defeated Hugo Dellien from Bolivia with 3:0.
Đoković had a harder job than he himself expected. True, Mpetshi Perricard is always a tricky rival due to an exceptionally powerful serve, which served him excellently in the first two sets.
39-year-old Novak Djokovic comes back from a set down to win his opening match at Roland-Garros 🚨
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Wait for his celebration at the end 😂🔥 pic.twitter.com/KbCvQKnkes
In the first set, Novak gave way near the end of the set, and Perricard reached a surprising lead in sets.
A great battle was seen in the second one as well, but Novak managed to make a break in the finish of the set and reach 1:1.
The third set was Novak’s total domination, as he won that part of the game with 6:1.
39-year-old and hitting shots like this 🫨
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Novak Djokovic 🔥 pic.twitter.com/vIXxy2f2qz
When it seemed that Novak had broken his rival and made another break at the start of the fourth set, Perricard surprisingly struck back and prolonged his resistance. However, Novak made another break later on, and by then everything was already over.
Perricard managed to reduce the score to 5:4 when he served to stay in the match, but then Novak served securely and reached the victory and placement into the second round.
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