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Champs energised!
Updated On: 28 August, 2024 08:04 AM IST | New York | AFP
Men’s title-holder Djokovic enjoys ‘electric’ crowd during 6-2, 6-2, 6-4 win over Albot; women’s victor Gauff banks on last year’s ‘vibes’ to cruise past Gracheva
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Serbia’s Novak Djokovic returns to Radu Albot of Moldova at the US Open in New York on Monday. Pic/AP; PTI; (right) USA’s Coco Gauff during her win over France’s Varvara Gracheva on Day One of the US Open in New York on Monday. Pic/AFP
Defending champion Novak Djokovic eased into the second round of the US Open with a straight-sets victory over qualifier Radu Albot on Monday as Coco Gauff launched her defence of the women’s title with a convincing victory.
Djokovic, seeking his 25th Grand Slam title and his first since his victory at Flushing Meadows last year, wasn’t his sharpest self. But he was more than a match for 138th-ranked Albot, breaking the Moldovan six times on the way to a 6-2, 6-2, 6-4 victory.
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