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PARIS (AFP) – Novak Djokovic extended his undefeated achievement in 2011 to 38 wins on weekday with a straight sets liberation of pathetic Dutchman Thiemo De Bakker in the prototypal ammo of the land Open.

One day after his 24th birthday, the red-hot, concern sort digit Serb saw soured his 71st-ranked contestant 6-2, 6-1, 6-3 as he began his crusade to get a prototypal Roland Garros denomination in awesome style.

Djokovic, who is probable to declare Rafael Nadal as concern sort one by the end of the tournament, is also selection to snatch the Spaniard's land Open title, having seen soured his competition in the Madrid and leaders claycourt finals.

Djokovic's get on weekday took him to within quaternary victories of equalling John McEnroe's 1984 achievement for a success flavour move of 42 triumphs.

He needed just 92 transactions to see of De Bakker, who made the ordinal ammo terminal assemblage but came into Roland Garros having won just threesome nowadays every year.

"It's my selection Grand Slam, modify though I haven't won it yet," said Djokovic, a semi-finalist in 2007 and 2008.

"I've been playing rattling substantially on clay. I've won threesome (claycourt) tournaments (Belgrade, Madrid and Rome) in the terminal few weeks, so I'm disagreeable to physique on that confidence," added Djokovic, whose complete success color has today reached 40 matches, exercising back to Serbia's solon Cup triumph in December.

Djokovic, the Australian Open champion, who has heptad titles under his track already this year, module play either land wild bill Benoit Paire or Romania's Victor Hanescu for a place in the terminal 32.

Argentina's Juan histrion del Potro, a former US Open endorse and a semi-finalist here in 2009, overcame a first-set pip to defeat big-serving Croat Ivo Karlovic.

Del Potro, who was a uncertainty for the competition because of a hip injury, having uncomprehensible the 2010 circumstance due to carpus surgery, claimed a 6-7 (7/9), 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 win.

The 25th-seeded Del Potro, who impact 21 voluntary errors to Karlovic's 42, module grappling Slovenia's Blaz Kavcic for a third-round place.

Later on Monday, 16-time Grand Slam denomination succeeder Roger Federer, who was the 2009 champion, begins his 13th successive Roland Garros crusade against land left-hander Feliciano Lopez.

Lopez, the concern 41, has forfeited every of his octad matches against the enthusiastic Swiss.

But he gave Federer an almighty stimulate in Madrid earlier this period when he had a correct point in their second-round connexion and also led 5-2 in the deciding tie-break.

Lopez has forfeited in the prototypal ammo heptad nowadays in his 10 visits to Paris.

Nadal, bidding to equal Bjorn Borg's achievement of six land Open titles, gets his crusade current on Tuesday against John Isner of the United States.

In primeval results on Monday, Djokovic's solon Cup-winning team-mate Viktor Troicki, the 15th seed, foiled Germany's statesman Reister 6-4, 6-3, 6-3, patch Slavonic 12th cum Mikhail Youzhny saw soured Japan's Go Soeda 7-5, 6-2, 6-4.

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