The 18-time major champion warmed up by winning a clay-court title in his hometown of Belgrade last week and started sharply against 66th-ranked Sandgren, who only has one Roland Garros win to his name.Īs Sandgren started testing him more, Djokovic's demeanour became sterner and he seemed to be irritated by the floodlights. From a 'scaredy cat' to a 'raging bull': How tough love shaped NadalĪ bright evening under the lights for Djokovic Djokovic maintained his record of always reaching the second round at Roland Garros, on his 17th consecutive appearance thereĭjokovic lost to Nadal in last year's final but his return to Court Philippe Chatrier for Tuesday's night session was much more straightforward.French Open day three: live scores, results and order of play.The other stuff doesn't worry me much now.' 'I have won my first match, something that I'm happy with and I'm focused on the second one. But there still remains a lot for me to do before thinking about the semi-finals. 'This time I was in the part of the draw with the number one. 'I am here to try my best, and when you are the third seed, you know that you're going to have the chance to be in the same part of the draw as the number one or the number two,' said Nadal. With the seedings based on the world rankings, Nadal is third behind Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev this year and has been landed with a potentially tricky draw.įor the first time, Nadal has found himself in the same half of the draw as Djokovic and Switzerland's Federer, who looked impressive on his return to Grand Slam tennis after a 16-month injury lay-off. The Russian was the highest seed behind Nadal in their quarter, with the pair projected to meet in the last eight. Rublev's defeat means there is one fewer obstacle for Nadal in his side of the draw as the Spaniard seeks to set an outright record for major men's singles titles - a milestone he shares with Roger Federer at present.

Russian seventh seed Andrey Rublev is out after losing in five sets to German world number 42 Jan-Lennard Struff. Serbian top seed Novak Djokovic also eased through to round two, beating American Tennys Sandgren 6-2 6-4 6-2.

Results roland garros 2021