(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) The world number one cruised to a 6-0 6-3 6-0 win over us wildcard robby ginepri the world 279 and former top 30 player who has not won a match on tour all year.
spain’s rafael nadal hits a backhand return to usa’s robby ginepri during their french open first round match at the roland garros in paris on monday. — afp
second seed novak djokovic played the funny man as he slipped and slithered to a 6-1 6-2 6-4 win over portugal’s joao sousa on the rain-interrupted second day of the french open on monday. defending champion rafael nadal stormed to his 60th win at the french open on monday shrugging off the controversy over his demotion from roland garros’s showpiece court.
the world number one cruised to a 6-0 6-3 6-0 win over us wildcard robby ginepri the world 279 and former top 30 player who has not won a match on tour all year. djokovic was leading 4-1 at the time and on the resumption broke sousa to love. he then recovered from 0-40 on his own serve to wrap up the first set with two crushing first serves.
rain began to fall again with the serb who is strongly fancied to end rafael nadal’s hold on the title preparing to serve for the set at 5-2. djokovic sat looking slightly ridiculous in a white hooded waterproof jacket as the umpire decided whether to take the players off court. djokovic made a series of faces at the camera before inviting a ball boy to share his seat and a soft drink. they chatted about his racquet and life in general under a large umbrella to the amusement of the sheltering crowd. when play resumed after five minutes they shook hands politely before resuming their previous roles.
djokovic beat nadal eight times the champion at roland garros in the rome final this month and looked in ominously good form.
japanese ninth seed kei nishikori coached by 1989 roland garros champion michael chang crumbled to a 7-6(4) 6-1 6-2 defeat by slovakia’s martin klizan after serving for the first set at 5-3.
the injury-prone japanese said he had not been able to practise enough after retiring injured from the madrid open final and he feared this would be his future.
“it really sucks i have to say a lot of injuries. it’s tough for me but i guess this is my tennis life. i have to take care of my body and injury will come again for sure” nishikori who was on the verge of beating nadal in the madrid final before his injury setback said.
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