{"id":62945,"date":"2014-10-28T21:25:44","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T20:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/?p=62945"},"modified":"2014-10-30T00:19:02","modified_gmt":"2014-10-29T23:19:02","slug":"novak-eases-into-third-round-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/news\/tennis\/novak-eases-into-third-round-in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Novak eases into third round in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Pobeda<\/p>\n

BNP Paribas Masters<\/a> defending champion Novak Djokovic recorded a 6-3, 6-4 win over world no.24 Philipp Kohlschreiber on Tuesday for a place in the third round of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The reigning Wimbledon titlist improved to a 53-8 record this year beating the German in one hour and 24 minutes, widening their career H2H to 6-1.<\/p>\n

It was Novak’s first match since becoming a father of a baby boy named Stefan.<\/p>\n

The top seed who won the tournament in 2009 (d. Monfils) and 2013 (d. Ferrer), raced to a 5-1 lead with a double break. He had his serve broken while serving for set, but closed it out successfully two games later.<\/p>\n

A break in the opening game of the second set was enough for Nole to progress into the last 16.<\/p>\n

“It feels great!,”<\/strong> Djokovic said. “I’m trying to take as much positive energy as I can from what’s happened in the past few weeks. I’m very proud to be a father and I’m very proud of my wife for handling the birth in a great way. She’s back home recovering now, with our little boy. This was my first match as a father and it can only inspire me to play my best tennis.”<\/strong><\/p>\n