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Austria Now News – Paris
Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic began his campaign at the Paris Masters 1000 tournament at the Paris-Bercy arena on Tuesday with a win over Valentin Vacherot, the newly crowned Basel champion.
Comeback after losing the first set
Djokovic needed three sets to win the match 6:7 (5/7), 7:5, 6:1. After losing the first set in a tiebreak, he came back to take the second set and then clearly dominated the third.
Hijikata up next
The 39-year-old will face Australia’s Rinky Hijikata in the round of 32, at one of the last major stops of this year’s tennis season.
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Sources
- sport.ORF.at – Djokovic schlägt Basel-Sieger zum Paris-Auftakt – 03.11.2026 – sport.orf.at
