Dietician Djokovic overwhelming in first-round win


  • Tennis
  • Wednesday, 28 Aug 2013

Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates defeating Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania during their first round match at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York, August 27, 2013. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia lived up to his ranking by playing to near perfection in overwhelming Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis 6-1 6-2 6-2 in his opening match at the U.S. Open on Tuesday.

The world number one committed only two unforced errors before getting a little sloppy toward the end of the third set, finishing with nine miscues against 28 winners, including 10 aces.

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