Djokovic puts a straight forward in his attack at Roland Garros

Serbian Novak Djokovic he began his search for his twenty-third with an iron fist Great slam, winning the first round Roland Garros American Aleksandar Kovačević with 6-3, 6-2 and 7-6 (1), in 2 hours and 26 minutes.

The current world No. 3, 36, seemed determined to reduce his time on the court and preserve his physique in order to reach the final stages of the tournament in the best possible conditions, where his career intersects in the semi-finals with Spain. Carlos Alcaraz, number 2 in the rankings.

Only in the last part did Kovačević, a player of Serbian origin who trained with Djokovic for a while, force the former number 1 to raise his level and close the match.

When he was serving to win the duel, Djokovic lost his serve and took the set to a tiebreaker game, in which the Serb once again showed that he is significantly superior.

His next opponent will be Hungarian Marton Fucsovics, 83rd in the rankings, 30th, who lost four previous matches against the Serb, two of them in five sets, at the United States Open in 2018 and Wimbledon two years ago.

The Serbian was confident that he would raise his level at this Roland Garros, after he added his twenty-second Grand Slam at the Australian Open, which tied him at the top with Spaniard Rafael Nadal, absent in Paris.

Đoković arrives with a mediocre tour on clay in which he lost in Monte Carlo against the Italian Lorenzo Musetti, in Banja Luka against his compatriot Dušan Lajović and in Rome against the Dane Holger Rune.

But at the Grand Slam, he showed that his ability to win elevates many units. So far in this decade, only Nadal and Russian Daniil Medvedev have managed to beat him in five-set matches. The first one is gone, and the second one, the current number 2 in the rankings, will meet him only in the eventual final.

The Serbian also seems to have had no discomfort caused by the elbow problems he has.