{"id":61200,"date":"2014-08-26T06:17:08","date_gmt":"2014-08-26T04:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/?p=61200"},"modified":"2014-08-27T21:40:15","modified_gmt":"2014-08-27T19:40:15","slug":"novak-opens-us-open-campaign-with-straight-sets-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/news\/tennis\/novak-opens-us-open-campaign-with-straight-sets-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Nole opens US Open campaign with straight sets win"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Top-seeded Novak Djokovic closed out a routine 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 win over world no.79 Diego Schwartzman of Argentina to advance into the second round of the 2014 US Open<\/a> on Monday night.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 2011 champion converted seven of his 12 break points and saved four of the six he faced during the one hour, 37-minute victory, improving to a 40-6 record on the season.<\/p>\n

“I’m very pleased,”<\/strong> the world no.1 from Serbia said after the win. “It’s never easy to start a US Open smoothly. I thought I hit the ball very well throughout the whole match. Diego is a talented player. He is very quick on the court.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Match statistics<\/span>: aces (7-1), double faults (3-4), winners (24-10), unforced errors (27-24), total points won (91-55).<\/p>\n

Novak will next face world no.81 Paul-Henri Mathieu who battled past Gilles Muller in five sets. Djokovic leads the Frenchman 5-1 in H2H meetings.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The match is scheduled on Thursday about 3:00pm local time (9:00pm CET).<\/p>\n

“I’m sure we’ll both be fresh and motivated to play. <\/strong>He’s a very solid player from the baseline, but I’ll focus on myself and hope to do as well as I did tonight,” <\/strong>said Nole.
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Photo: Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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