World number 1 Novak Djokovic reached the second round in Paris and beat the young Swede Mikael Ymer in one hour and 37 minutes with 6: 0, 6: 2, 6: 3. It was the 69th victory for Djokovic in Paris, the one after 2016 the second title and the 18th
Major crown and only suffered one defeat in 2020. Djokovic was broken twice, converting eight chances on return. He fired 32 winners and 22 easy mistakes to control the pace and run to the next lap.
Novak was the only player on the court in the first set, scoring 24 of 31 points for a 6-0. The Serb hit ten winners and one casual mistake, surrendered three points on serve and stole 12 of 16 return points to avoid all three break chances to use and drive in front.
Under the umbrella of Court Philippe-Chatrier, Novak made a backhand to break the first game. The world number one won his serve in the second game to confirm the break and stole Mikael’s serve for the second time when the Swede made a forehand error in the third game.
Novak held his service game with a forehand on the line to extend the lead to 4-0 in 14 minutes, landed a return winner for the third break in the fifth game and sealed the first set shortly afterwards after a forced error by the youngster.
In the second set Djokovic made more mistakes (but it was impossible to maintain the level of the first), suffered a break and broke Mikael 6-2 three times in a row. Ymer won his serve game in the first game in which he broke his name the scoreboard set.
Novak scored 1-1 with a drop shot winner. The Serb made a break after a terrible backhand from the Swede at the net, only to be broken in the next game when his drop shot failed to cross the net.
Djokovic stayed calm and stole Ymer’s serve in the fifth game to get back to the front. In the next game he won his serve with a backhand winner, despite a nice tweener winner from the youngster.
Djokovic got off to an impressive start in Paris, beating Ymer
Djokovic forced Ymer to make a mistake in game seven to secure a break and improve 5-2. A few minutes later, he sealed the set with a volley winner for a 6-0, 6-2 in less than an hour.
Mikael won his service game in the first game of the third set with a service winner and gave up the service two games later thanks to a poor forehand in the net. Novak confirmed the advantage with a forehand winner in the net in the fourth game and lost some ground at 3-2 when he hit a double fault to hand the break over to Mikael, who finished the result 3-3.
The youngster claimed the last two games had stayed in touch but lost his serve again in game seven when Djokovic scored a backhand cross-court winner. The Serb won his game with a serve winner to take a 5-3 advantage.
In the next game, he scored a match point with one forehand winner and went over the top with another.
