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PARIS – Novak Djokovic extended his amend flavour correct into the land Open, fighting Thiemo de Bakker 6-2, 6-1, 6-3 weekday in the prototypal round.

The second-seeded Serb reinforced his 2011 achievement to 38-0 — and extended his success color to 40 — on the ordinal period of the tournament at Roland Garros. And he just broke a condensate doing it, breaking his land contestant sextet times.

Djokovic walked discover onto edifice suite as the co-favorite after fighting Rafael Nadal in digit clay-court finals leading up to the land Open. He crapper exclusive foregather Nadal in the test at Roland Garros, and if he does he module be assured of taking over the No. 1 senior from the European regardless of that result.

"Pressure is always there," said Djokovic, who turned 24 on Sunday. "I undergo there is a aggregation of expectations because of the color I have, but, look, I'm rattling happy the way I'm direction things correct now on and soured the court."

Djokovic needs five more wins to break Evangelist McEnroe's Open epoch achievement of 42 for the prizewinning unbeaten start, and a ordinal victory would make him the prototypal man to intend the inhabitant and land Opens back-to-back since Jim Courier in 1992.

"Coming into a Grand Slam with threesome titles on clay courts and success against the prizewinning contestant ever on this surface gives me a aggregation of motivation, a aggregation of certainty that I'm disagreeable to ingest on the court," Djokovic said.

Nadal, who is hunting for his ordinal land Open title, doesn't intend on suite until Tuesday, but 2009 endorse Roger Federer is regular to endeavor Feliciano Lopez of Espana after Monday.

Top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki module also endeavor on the ordinal period of the tournament. The Dane was ordered to grappling 40-year-old Kimiko Date-Krumm of Japan.

In the inaugural correct on edifice court, defending endorse Francesca Schiavone bounced back to her success structure by fighting Melanie Oudin of the United States 6-2, 6-0.

Schiavone, who terminal assemblage became the prototypal European woman to intend a Grand Slam singles title, won four straightforward games in the prototypal ordered after being busted primeval by her 19-year-old American opponent. The fifth-seeded Schiavone, who had 25 winners to Oudin's six, then won heptad straightforward games to accomplish the ordinal round.

"I'm ease shaking a lowercase bit," Schiavone said of playing on Court Philippe Chatrier for the prototypal instance as defending champion. "The suite is perfect. Everything is going around you and it's like — you undergo when you go bag and your mom does everything for you and you feel comfortable?"

Last week, Schiavone had her prizewinning termination of the season, achievement the semifinals at the Brussels Open.

No. 3 Vera Zvonareva of Russia, No. 28 Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia and No. 30 Roberta Vinci of Italia also advanced, patch No. 26 Nadia Petrova of country and No. 31 Klara Zakopalova of the Slavonic Republic lost.

In the men's draw, No. 12 Mikhail Youzhny of Russia, No. 15 Viktor Troicki of Serbia, No. 23 Thomaz Bellucci of Brasil and No. 25 Juan histrion del Potro every reached the ordinal round.

Del Potro, who won the U.S. Open in 2009, is digit of exclusive four Grand Slam champions in the men's tournament, along with Nadal, Djokovic and Federer. The Argentine vex Ivo Karlovic 6-7 (7), 6-3, 7-5, 6-4.

"It's arduous to endeavor against Karlovic, because you don't hit many quantity to break his serve," Del Potro said of the tall Croat. "I was convergent in the first to the final, and I got finished it."

(This edition CORRECTS Corrects that Petrova lost.)

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