NEW YORK – Novak Jjokovic overcame a sluggish begin to beat Zachary Svajda 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 on Wednesday, remaining unbeaten in his first two rounds of the US Open profession.
Djokovic, who performed his first opening match of a day session at Arthur Ashe Stadium since 2014, improved to 54-45 within the majors after shedding the opening set.
Djokovic gave the impression to be bodily labour early within the match. Nevertheless, after falling 3-1 within the third set, he lastly started to appear like a participant who gained a males’s document 24 grand slam title, together with the 4 of New York.
No. 7 seed Djokovic opened a 3-0 lead in 4 units within the subsequent eight matches in opposition to American qualifiers, ultimately closing simply 26 minutes after the primary set took an hour.
“I wasn’t very pleased with tennis within the first a part of the match,” Djokovic stated, giving credit score to an opponent who was clearly affected by accidents within the second half of the match.
Coming into Wednesday, Svajda gained 17 of his final 19 matches in any respect ranges, together with qualifying, calling trainers a number of instances throughout the swap, showing to undergo from convulsions.
“Reward for him staying on the courtroom,” Djokovic stated.
Djokovic’s 191st profession match was a win within the exhausting courtroom majors, tied Roger Federer, the second-longest after Serena Williams’ 200.
Djokovic, 38, reached the third spherical in all 19 appearances in New York, nearly ties Federer into the open period.
He then faces both Cameron Nolly, the place Djokovic is 6-0, or Francisco Kamena, whom he does not play.
No within the outcomes of the second spherical of different males’s singles. Giri Lehecca of 20 beat Thomas Martin Etcherlie 3-6, 6-0, 6-2, 6-4. After which, Czech twenty first seed Thomas Machuk has handed the Brazilian 19-year-old feeling, Joa Fonseca 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-3.
ESPN analysis and Related Press contributed to this report.
