Tennis-Djokovic wins on home soil ahead of French Open


  • Tennis
  • Saturday, 29 May 2021

FILE PHOTO: Tennis - Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates during his French Open fourth round match against Russia's Karen Khachanov in 2020 - Roland Garros, Paris, France - October 5, 2020. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic enjoyed success at his own tennis centre when he won the Belgrade Open with a 6-4 6-3 win over Slovakian Alex Molcan in Saturday's final but his performance left a lot to be desired ahead of the French Open.

World number one Djokovic received a standing ovation from the home crowd by the Danube river in the Serbian capital after an erratic display against world number 255 Molcan, who battled through from the qualifying rounds.

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