Novak Djokovic loved success at his personal tennis centre when he received the Belgrade Open with a 6-4 6-3 win over Slovakian Alex Molcan in Saturday’s closing however his efficiency left so much to be desired ahead of the French Open.
World primary Djokovic acquired a standing ovation from the house crowd by the Danube river within the Serbian capital after an erratic show in opposition to world quantity 255 Molcan, who battled by way of from the qualifying rounds.
It was Djokovic’s first triumph since he clinched his 18th main on the Australian Open in February.
Since then, he has endured patchy claycourt season, together with a final 16 exit on the Monte Carlo Masters.
Djokovic additionally misplaced to Russian Aslan Karatsev within the Serbia Open semi-finals earlier than being defeated by Rafael Nadal within the Rome Masters closing and his show in opposition to Molcan was at occasions unconvincing.
But Djokovic struck a contented determine as he lifted the trophy.
“I want to thank everyone who turned up and made this a memorable day, I have to admit that part of my mind is already in Paris,” Djokovic mentioned in a courtside interview.
“It was a simple resolution to enter this event, I by no means had any seconds ideas and I’m delighted that we got here by way of so magnificently with this occasion.
“I am aiming for the title at Roland Garros.”
