Careless Djokovic reaches French Open third round


  • Tennis
  • Friday, 27 May 2016

Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros - Novak Djokovic of Serbia vs Steve Darcis of Belgium - Paris, France - 26/05/16. Djokovic returns the ball. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

PARIS (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic sees no reason for concern after wasting a few opportunities in his 7-5 6-4 6-4 second-round victory over Belgian qualifier Steve Darcis at the French Open on Thursday.

The world number one dropped serve twice when he seemed to be strolling towards a straightforward victory, his 50th at Roland Garros. That's just part of the early-rounds set-up, the top seed said.

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