High seed and 2007 Adelaide champion Novak Djokovic opened his 2023 season with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Fixed Lestienne on the Adelaide Worldwide I on Tuesday.
Novak broke 3 times from eight alternatives and saved the one break level he confronted through the one hour, 14-minute conflict.
It was the primary H2H assembly between the 2.
“For the primary match I can’t complain,” Djokovic mentioned. “I performed very properly. I assumed the primary six video games had been very aggressive and I’ve by no means confronted him earlier than. He’s a counterpuncher, he doesn’t make too many errors. He has a difficult serve, hits his spots. However as soon as I made that break at 3-2 within the first set I assumed I stepped it up and performed actually good tennis for the remainder of the match.”
Novak is again in motion Down Underneath for the primary time since he received the 2021 Australian Open.
For a spot within the ATP 250 occasion quarter-finals, the Belgrade native will play towards one other Frenchman Quentin Halys (1-0 H2H, ATP no.64).
