Nole spent solely 53 minutes on the court docket within the first spherical in Paris.
High seed Novak Djokovic kicked off his fifth Olympic Video games with a rock-solid 6-0, 6-1 conquer Matthew Ebden on Courtroom Philippe-Chatrier on Saturday.
The Serbian star dominated the doubles specialist and superior in simply 53 minutes, passing the primary impediment in Paris and shifting into the second spherical.
Novak capitalised on his six break factors from 9 alternatives. He created a match level with a volley winner and transformed it with a backhand down the road winner, sealing the victory.
Match statistics: aces (4-1), double faults (0-4), winners (24-7), unforced errors (10-15), whole factors gained (52-21).
The 24-time Main champion goes on to face both Rafael Nadal (ESP) or Marton Fucsovics (HUN).
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