Snug return to the tracks of Novak Djokovic after profitable his eighth Australian Open in January. The Serbian reappeared in the Dubai Responsibility Free, ATP 500 on exhausting observe, and in a bit greater than an hour he threw Tunisian Malek Jaziri (6-1 and 6-2), 260 of the world that has been collaborating in Challenger tournaments and performs with an invite in the emirate. With this, there are already 14 wins in a row to date this season (6 in ATP Cup and seven in Australia) for Nole. His subsequent opponent can be German veteran (36 years outdated) Philipp Kohlschreiber
It was a sport with no extra historical past than stable service (70% of first and 83% of factors received with them) and energy to the remainder of Belgrade, weapons already identified. With two breaks in a row, he began 5-Zero in the first set and ended up profitable 6-1 in 27 minutes.
At the starting of the second he put away his garments and Jaziri may rating two providers in a row earlier than the Balkan re-activated the cannibal mode (22 profitable strokes for 17 unforced errors in opposition to the 5 and 12 of his African rival) and he broke the serve twice to finish sealing the contest in 6-2.
With this triumph, Djokovic is already in the second spherical and two extra victories to overcome the quarterfinals, the barrier to demolish if you would like to keep the quantity one in the face of the push of Rafa Nadal, which debuts this Tuesday in Acapulco. If Nole didn’t cross the quarter and take the Balearic together with his third trophy in Mexico, the quantity one would return to his arms.