Just 52 days after Novak Djokovic was crowned champion at the US Open, everything remains the same.
The Serb, world number one and top seed at the Paris-Bercy Masters 1000, made his debut on Wednesday with a triumph.
His latest victim was Tomas Martin Etcheverry, ranked 31st in the world and the best Argentine player, 6-3, 6-2, in 1 hour and 24 minutes.
Impressive form
Djokovic is not affected by anything or anyone and that is why he is the best player in history.
On Sunday, he trained with Carlos Alcaraz, his most direct rival, the day before he had witnessed live the final of the rugby World Cup, and on Monday he presented the Ballon d’Or to Aitana Bonmati.
Nole went into action on Tuesday in the doubles competition with a victory alongside his compatriot Miomir Kecmanovic, in what was to be a rehearsal for the Davis Cup finals in Malaga.
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Djokovic has taken one more step to finish for the eighth season as world number one, one of the many records that are in his record books as he increases the gap with Carlos Alcaraz to 580 points.
The moment the Serb jumped to play on the central court of the multipurpose hall of Bercy he stole another record from Rafael Nadal.
He is already the player with the fourth most matches played in the Open Era with a total of 1,289, one more than the Spaniard.
That particular ranking is headed by Jimmy Connors, with 1,557 wins, to Roger Federer‘s 1,526, second, and in third place is Ivan Lendl.
Ranking of matches played in the Open Era
- Jimmy Connors 1,557
- Roger Federer 1,526
- Ivan Lendl 1,310
- Novak Djokovic 1,289
- Rafael Nadal 1,288
Djokovic, wearing a Lacoste-designed look similar to Spiderman but without a mask, kicked it up a gear in the eighth game to get the first break of the match.
He continued his good form with a second break at the beginning of the second set.
Novak took a point from his rival’s serve for the third time in the fifth game of the continuation in front of French fans that adore him.
The champion of 24 majors will now play on Thursday for a place in the quarterfinals with the Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor, Tuesday’s executioner of Alejandro Davidovich from Malaga.