Novak Djokovic entered the second round with high confidence when he started Roland Garros smoothly with a 3-0 victory over Dutra Silva. However, with the impatience of young opponent Jaume Munar, Nole struggled to win.
Munar took the initiative to play as a striker with Nole. The 21-year-old tennis player created a surprise when he won a break in the first game of the opponent's serve. However, Djokovic was alert enough to win two consecutive breaks and lead 5-2.
It seemed that the Serbian tennis player could soon decide the set, but Munar broke through in game 9 and brought the first set into the tie-break. At this time, the former world No. 1's class spoke up, helping him easily overcome Munar in a shootout with a score of 1-7 and a win of 7-6.
In set 2, Munar forced Nole to move all over the pitch. Despite playing a tug-of-war, Djokovic's good thing is to choose the right time to relax, which Munar cannot do. The Serbian tennis player quickly resolved the match in the next 2 sets with the same score of 6-4.
After 2 hours and 19 minutes, Djokovic convincingly beat his junior Ja Mun Munar with a score of 3-0 (7-6, 6-4, 6-4) to enter the third round against Bautista Agut, who had previously only needed 3 sets (6-4. 7-5, 6-3) to defeat Santiago Giraldo.
In other developments, the No. 2 seed - Alexander Zverev had to wait up to 5 intense sets with the scores of 2-6, 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 and 6-2 to win against the little-known opponent Dusan Lajovic.
It also took players Tomas Berdych and Kei Nishikori 5 sets to qualify for round 3 after they defeated French players Jeremy Chardy and Benoit Paire.
In the women's singles event, the No. 1 seed - Simona Halep had to come back against Alison Riske to win with a score of 2-1 (2-6, 6-1, 6-1).
Meanwhile, number 4 seed Elina Svitolina and number 8 seed Petra Kvitova only need 2 sets to overcome Viktoria Kzumova and Lara Arruabarrena respectively.
