Djokovic destroys Nishioka as he moves to second round at 2022 Roland Garros

| by Evita Mueller

Similarly to their previous two meetings, Novak Djokovic didn't leave a lot of breathing space for Yoshihito Nishioka in the first round of the 2022 Roland Garros.

In their first 2 matches, the Japanese player never won more than 3 games in a set against the Serbian as that didn't change in Paris this year. Novak Djokovic spent only 2 hours on court during his first round victory as he moved to the second round at the 2022 Roland Garros.

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Although the Serbian made the same amount of unforced errors as his opponent during the match, he hit twice as many winners and 9 aces what led to a comfortable 3 set victory. Earlier today, Rafael Nadal lost 6 games during his win in the first round, but his biggest rival showed even more impressive performance, losing only 4 games.

In the first set, Nishioka had a chance to break the world no. 1 in the very first game of the match, but couldn't do so as Djokovic used his chance in the sixth game to take a 4-2 lead and eventually win the set 6-3.

Djokovic continued in his great performance also in the second set as he broke his opponent's service game three times and was already serving for a 6-0 win in the set, but he lost his serve and eventually won 6-1. In the third set, however, he succeeded in delivering a bagel to his opponent as he triumphed 6-3, 6-1, 6-0 to advance to the second round of the 2022 Roland Garros.

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