Tennis - Australian Open - Second Round - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, January 18, 2019. Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates after winning the match against France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Eleven years after beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to win the 2008 Australian Open title, top seed Novak Djokovic bested the Frenchman again at Melbourne Park to reach the third round early on Friday.
The world number one Serb claimed a clinical 6-3 7-5 6-4 win over wildcard Tsonga at Rod Laver Arena, a match that finished after midnight and failed to live up to the players' intriguing rivalry at the year's first Grand Slam.
