{"id":436924,"date":"2023-05-29T16:39:32","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T20:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=436924"},"modified":"2023-05-29T16:39:32","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T20:39:32","slug":"alcaraz-and-djokovic-both-through-in-straight-sets-at-french-open","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/alcaraz-and-djokovic-both-through-in-straight-sets-at-french-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcaraz and Djokovic both through in straight sets at French Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic both began their French Open underway with a straight sets victory on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic faced 114th-ranked Aleksandar Kovacevic and defeated him 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (1). The Serb had no difficulties in the opening 2 sets, but had to work hard for the 3rd one.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">19-0 \u2705<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DjokerNole?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@DjokerNole<\/a> remains perfect in the opening round at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RolandGarros?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#RolandGarros<\/a> sweeping past Kovacevic 6-3, 6-2, 7-6(1). <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kfMS3dxv0F\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/kfMS3dxv0F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rolandgarros\/status\/1663188956500963329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI played really well and held things under control for 2 1\/2 sets and then lost my serve and things got a little bit on a wrong side for me,\u201d said the 36-year-old \u201cBut I managed to hold my nerves and played pretty much a perfect tiebreak.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz was drawn against 159th-ranked Flavio Cobolli, a 21-year-old Italian, who also put up a resistance in the final set 6-0, 6-2, 7-5. The world No.1 had three match points at 5-3, but was unable to convert him and to the surprise of everyone even allowed a break.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hungry for more \ud83d\ude0b<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RolandGarros?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#RolandGarros<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EFT05zRvSk\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/EFT05zRvSk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rolandgarros\/status\/1663238598554943491?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Eventually, he managed to prevail and qualify for the 2nd round.<\/p>\n<p>Both Djokovic and Alcaraz are firm favorites for this year&#8217;s French Open and are likely to meet one another in the 1\/2 finals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic both began their French Open underway with a straight sets victory on Monday. 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