{"id":126873,"date":"2019-10-30T19:18:32","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T18:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/?p=126873"},"modified":"2019-10-31T14:40:30","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T13:40:30","slug":"novak-kicks-off-paris-masters-campaign-with-hard-fought-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/news\/tennis\/novak-kicks-off-paris-masters-campaign-with-hard-fought-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Novak kicks off Paris Masters campaign with hard fought win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Top seed Novak Djokovic began his bid for a record-extending fifth <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rolexparismasters.com\/uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rolex Paris Masters<\/a> title in the second round action on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The world no.1 battled hard to beat 97th-ranked Corentin Moutet 7-6 (2), 6-4 over one hour and 46 minutes on Court Central.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Novak rallied from 3-5 down and saved two set points in the first set, then broke the French lucky loser as the 20-year-old served for the opener, before returning to his usual form and progressing in straight sets.<\/p>\n<p>The Belgrade native capitalised on three of his seven break points, while the Frenchman converted two of his six break point chances.<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic, who won the trophy in 2009, 2013, 2014 and 2015, now holds a 33-8 W\/L record at the ATP Masters 1000 event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cI didn&#8217;t feel health-wise 100 per cent in the last couple of days. It&#8217;s not the first time I didn&#8217;t play at a very high level. Lots of errors, especially in the first set,\u201d<\/strong> Novak said. <strong>\u201cFirst time against a young, talented, very quick player. Returns a lot of balls that usually other guys wouldn&#8217;t get. He was pumped, and I respect his fighting spirit. It was a good match in the end, and I found a way to win, which in these circumstances, when you&#8217;re not feeling your best, is important.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Match statistics: aces (4-1), double faults (3-3), winners (23-17), unforced errors (31-30), total points won (85-68).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Novak goes on to play Kyle Edmund on Thursday for a spot in the last eight (H2H 4-1). <\/strong>The British star eliminated 14th seed Diego Schwartzman (ARG) 7-5, 6-3.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: Profimedia<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top-seeded Novak rallied from 3-5 down in the first set to beat French lucky loser Corentin Moutet 7-6, 6-4 on Wednesday, kicking off his quest for a fifth Rolex Paris Masters title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":126834,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[101012177,101011267,101012260,101013019,101011697],"class_list":["post-126873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis","tag-atp-1000-en","tag-masters-1000-en","tag-paris-en","tag-rolex-paris-masters-en","tag-second-round-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126873"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126905,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126873\/revisions\/126905"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}