Novak Djokovic arrived at Roland Garros 2018 in high spirits after his excellent performance at Rome Master. The Serbian tennis player began his journey to conquer this tournament with his opponent in round 1, Rogerio Dutra Silva - the world-ranked 134-ten player.
Opening set 1, Silva unexpectedly won a break. Djokovic calmly regained the break in the following games before taking another break in game 8. He quickly won 6-3 in the first set.
Djokovic continued to break the ice in the first game of the second set. However, the former world No. 1 still got it back in the next game as in the opening set.
The match then developed with a chasing and holding their breath. Nole showed more courage than his opponent when launching difficult shots that forced Silva to hit the ball wrong. The 20 seed won an important break to end set 2 with a score of 6-4.
Entering set 3, Djokovic played more cautiously and slowly. Against an opponent with a persistent style of play, Nole knew how to regulate the game in the direction he wanted. Winning more than the opponent in 1 break was enough for the 31-year-old tennis player to end the third set with a 6-4 victory.
After 2 hours and 6 minutes, Novak Djokovic defeated Dutra Silva with a score of 3-0 (6-3, 6-4 and 64). The Serbian tennis player's next opponent in round 2 is the winner of the David Ferrer - Jaume Munar pairing.
One of the candidates for the championship, Dominic Thiem, had an impressive opening match. Against the less famous opponent Ivashka, Thiem had no difficulty winning after 3 sets with the scores of 6-2, 6-4, 6-1. In round 2, Thiem's opponent was Greek tennis player - Tsitsipas.
The rain forced many matches to be postponed to the next day. Including the clash between the No. 1 seed - Rafael Nadal and Simone Bolelli.
Nadal leads 2-0 after 2 sets (6-4. 6-3) but let his opponent lead 0-3 in set 3. With a rising spirit, Belolli promises to open a comeback when the rain suddenly comes, forcing the match to be postponed and Nadal has a chance to calm down.
In the same time, many matches cannot start for the same reason: Del Potro vs Mahut or Berdych vs Chardy. It was all postponed to the next day.
