{"id":167345,"date":"2024-05-28T23:29:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T21:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/?p=167345"},"modified":"2024-05-28T23:30:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T21:30:49","slug":"novak-downs-herbert-in-paris-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/news\/tennis\/novak-downs-herbert-in-paris-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"Novak downs Herbert in Paris opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>World no.1 Novak Djokovic opened his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rolandgarros.com\/en-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roland-Garros<\/a> title defence campaign on the right foot on Tuesday evening.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The top seed recorded a 6-4, 7-6 (3), 6-4 win over Pierre-Hugues Herbert on Court Philippe-Chatrier in two hours and 31 minutes to reach the second round.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Novak fought off a stern challenge and upped his level when it mattered to seal the triumph.<\/p>\n<p>The Serbian star broke three times from seven opportunities, while Herbert used the only chance he earned during the clash.<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic was comfortable on serve throughout the match, winning 84 per cent of his first-serve points and 73 per cent behind his second serve.<\/p>\n<p>Match statistics: aces (4-7), double faults (2-7), winners (29-37), unforced errors (18-31), total points won (103-81).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next up for Novak is Roberto Carballes Baena (ATP no.63, H2H 2-0).<\/strong> The Spaniard defeated Constant Lestienne of France 6-3, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: AP<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World no.1 Novak Djokovic began his French Open title defence against Pierre-Hugues Herbert on Tuesday, beating the home wild card in straight sets 6-4, 7-6, 6-4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":167343,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[133,310,101012019,101011211,101010469,101012260,101013399],"class_list":["post-167345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis","tag-defending-champion","tag-first-round","tag-france","tag-french-open-en","tag-grand-slam-en-2","tag-paris-en","tag-roland-garros-2024-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167345","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=167345"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167348,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167345\/revisions\/167348"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}