Below par Djokovic struggles through

Third seed Novak Djokovic was nowhere near his best as he laboured to a four-set win over Denis Gremelmayr in the first round of the French Open on Sunday.

The Serbian looks to be the only player capable of breaking the Roger Federer-Rafael Nadal duopoly of men’s tennis but lacked fluency in his 4-6 6-3 7-5 6-2 victory on the Philippe Chatrier court.