Novak Djokovic crushed Radu Albot 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 to begin his US Open campaign and also cemented himself in the history books once again in the process.
Djokovic now has the highest win percentage of any player ever male or female at Arthur Ashe Stadium through a minimum of 25 matches.
He's now sat at 78-11 on the Flushing Meadows turf breaking a tie with Federer who sits on 77-11 and will continue to extend that record into a likely unbeatable one if he wins the title this fortnight in New York.
Albot broke Djokovic once on Monday night. But this was when he was already a set and a break up as Djokovic staved off any comeback breaking him six times in a two hour seven minute win. It is yet more history though for the 25-time Grand Slam champion elect at some point.
“I think it was a solid start,” he told said afterwards. “Look, I struggled with my serve and the rhythm on certain shots. Overall from the back of the court I thought I played pretty well.
“It’s always challenging to start, particularly when you haven’t played on this surface for five, six months and coming off an Olympic gold and playing on clay. I haven’t had any official matches before US Open. So I’m expecting to be probably challenged a little bit more in the opening rounds.
“Hopefully I can play better each day. The good thing about Slams is you have a day between matches where you can train, where you can really work on things and perfect your game. That’s what I need. That’s what I feel like I need. So I’m going to hit the practice courts tomorrow and work on things that haven’t really worked during the match and, yeah, keep striving to be better.”
BEST CAREER WINNING PERCENTAGE IN ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM (male or female, minimum 25 matches played) as per Tennis.com.
.876: Novak Djokovic [78-11]
.875: Roger Federer [77-11]
.873: Serena Williams [103-15]
.865: Rafael Nadal [64-10]
.862: Pete Sampras [25-4]
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