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NOVAK DJOKOVIC defeated MACKENZIE DONALD 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 in the first round at Roland Garros. The match took one hour and 57 minutes. He will face the winner of the Moutet-Tabur match in the next round.
Key moments
Set 3: 5-3
Mackenzie puts all the pressure on Djokovic, which he must use to win the match. The Serbian will have the opportunity to debut with very little playing time on the court, which will prove to be valuable.
Set 3: 5-2
NOVAK DJOKOVIC CONFIRMED HIS BREAK AND IS 5-2 UP. THE SERBIAN FORMER WORLD NUMBER ONE IS ONE GAME AWAY FROM WINNING HIS FIRST MATCH AT ROLAND GARROS.
Set 3: 4-2
Djokovic broke, and the Serb is now 4-2 up. The Serb had a tough time stealing Mackenzie's serve, but he finally managed to do so. Barring any surprises, Novak will win the match.
BEST POINT SO FAR:
Set 3: 3-2
Djokovic and McDonald have been sharp on their serves. We don't have any break points in the third set. Both players are very nervous; they don't want to take any more risks.
Set 3: 2-1
Djokovic is winning his service games fairly quickly. The match took just over an hour and a half and is all about to be decided in this final set. It wasn't a close match.
Set 3: 1-1
Mackenzie McDonald gets off to a great start in the third set. It's 1-1. The American isn't playing badly at all, but he needs to take risks and be much more daring.
Set 3: 1-0
The first game of the third set goes to Djokovic. The Serbian has only dropped his serve once, but after that game, he broke again.
Rain has affected the day's progress in Paris:
Second set: 6-3 (Novak Djokovic)
NOVAK DJOKOVIC TAKES THE SECOND SET AND IS NOW WINNING 6-3, 6-3. The Serbian has been improving. His level isn't at its best, but it's enough to take the lead.
Set 2 | 5-2
Djokovic goes long and breaks again. The Serbian will serve to take the second set and put one foot in the second round of Roland Garros. We're 5-2.
Set 2 | 4-2
Djokovic saved himself and saved two break points. McDonald was close to breaking the Serb's serve, but was imprecise with his return and couldn't capitalize on the opportunity.
Set 2 | 3-1
Djokovic again confirms his break and continues his strong run. The Serbian hasn't given McDonald any chance to get into the swing of things.
Set 2 | 2-1
McDonald managed to shake off his losses and earn his first point of the match. The American had a strong service game, allowing him to pull one back against Novak Djokovic.
Set 2 | 2-0
The break was confirmed, and the Serb went up 2-0. What a start for Novak Djokovic. McDonald will have to rethink his strategy if he wants to have a chance of turning the set around.
Set 2 | 1-0
FIRST GAME OF THE SECOND SET AND FIRST BREAK. NOVAK DJOKOVIC WINS A LEAD AND HITS FIRST. The Serb took advantage of his opponent's inability to maintain the intensity of the start and broke his serve.
First set: Novak Djokovic (6-3)
Djokovic confirmed his break and went up 6-3. In the blink of an eye, we went from a tie to a crushing lead between Djokovic and McDonald. The beast was awakened!
Set 1 | 5-2
Djokovic confirmed his break and went up 5-2. In the blink of an eye, we went from a tie to a crushing lead between Djokovic and McDonald. The beast was awakened!
Set 1 | 4-2
NOVAK DJOKOVIC BROKE! After a few minutes of play, the Serb took the American's serve and is getting closer to winning the first set in Paris.
Set 1 | 3-2
Djokovic is doing a good job with his serve, but he needs to take more risks. His opponent looks confident and wants to pull off an upset. So the Serb will have to be sharp.
Set 1 | 2-2
The American has some great shots. McDonald isn't a very prominent player on the ATP tour, but he looks pretty good and bold in his style of play today.
Set 1 | 2-1
The action on the court is even. McDonald comfortably wins his first service game. The American will need to be highly effective with his serve if he wants to have a chance of winning today and pulling off an upset.
Set 1 | 1-1
The action on the court is even. McDonald comfortably wins his first service game. The American will need to be highly effective with his serve if he wants to have a chance of winning today and pulling off an upset.
Set 1 | 1-0
First game of the match. Djokovic was steady and calm on his serve. The Serbian is feeling a significant amount of wear and tear after playing in Geneva, so he'll need to have a quick debut if he doesn't want to rack up so many hours on the court.
THE GAME BEGINS. Novak Djokovic is already on the court for the first round of Roland Garros against Mackenzie McDonald. The stadium is packed.
McDonald has played 71 matches on clay. By comparison, Djokovic has won 99 matches at Roland Garros alone. The 71-match statistic doesn't favor the American, who has lost 42 of them and this year managed to break a three-year losing streak of 11 consecutive matches.
- Djokovic has suffered only 16 defeats in 20 years of competing at Roland-Garros.
- He is currently riding a four-match winning streak.
- McDonald has lost his last three matches without winning a set.
- The American has only one win from his last five appearances and holds a 1–3 clay court record in 2025.
- Djokovic has taken 45.3% of break points on clay (62 out of 137) to rank 23rd.
- Djokovic won the last match of the Gonet Geneva Open, his previous tournament, defeating No. 90-ranked Cameron Norrie in the semifinal 6-4, 6-7, 6-1 on May 23, but he then withdrew from the event.
- McDonald was beaten in the Qualification Round 1 of his most recent tournament (the Mutua Madrid Open) 6-4, 2-0 by No. 133-ranked Jerome Kym on April 21.
- Djokovic has won one tournament on clay over the past 12 months, registering a 13-4 record on that surface.
- Djokovic is 166-for-200 in service games on clay courts (winning 83.0%) and 68-for-200 in return games (34.0%).
- In four tournaments on clay over the past year, McDonald has gone 1-4.
- McDonald has won 62.5% of his service games on clay over the past year and 28.6% of his return games.
- On clay over the past year, McDonald has converted 10 of 28 break points (35.7%).
McDonald, ranked as high as world No. 37 in his career, has never won a singles title on the ATP Tour. His lone ATP title came in doubles at the 2022 Japan Open alongside Marcelo Melo. At Roland Garros, his best singles result was a third-round appearance in 2022. Awaiting him is the 24-time Grand Slam champion, including three titles in Paris (2016, 2021, 2023).
Preview;
After admittedly struggling with motivation following Rafael Nadal's retirement, Djokovic secured his elusive 100th title on the men's tour at Hubert Hurkacz's expense in Geneva, recovering from a first-set loss to win two tiebreaks for a 5-7, 7-6(2), 7-6(2) victory.
That success means that the 38-year-old Serb becomes only the third men's player since Jimmy Connors (109) and Roger Federer (103), and the 24-time Grand Slam champion seeks to carry that momentum into the second Major of 2025.
- McKenzie McDonald has lost his last 3 matches on clay
- McKenzie McDonald ranks 98th in the world.
- Novak Djokovic targets his 25th Grand Slam title at the French Open.
- Novak Djokovic captured the 2025 Geneva Open
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