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World no. 1 Novak Djokovic is off to a winning start to the season. Novak leads Serbia at the United Cup, facing Zhizhen Zhang in the first match. Djokovic scored a rock-solid 6-3, 6-2 triumph, pushing Serbia in front ahead of the WTA match.
Novak scored one break in the opening set and broke Zhizhen’s resistance with a strong performance at the beginning of the second. Djokovic barely lost a point behind the first serve, dominating his games and never facing a break point.
World no. 1 seized three out of seven break points, doing enough to seal the deal in straight sets. Novak held at 15 in the encounter’s first game with a service winner. The Chinese served well in the second game, firing an unreturned serve and holding at love for 1-1.
Djokovic grabbed the third game with another free point from his initial shot and pushed strong on the return in the next one.
Novak Djokovic defeated Zhizhen Zhang in straight sets.
Zhang faced a break point and denied it with a powerful serve.
The Chinese held after deuces, surviving a challenge and locking the result at 2-2. Novak clinched the fifth game at love with a backhand winner and prepared another assault on the return in the…
