"NEW YORK -- Novak Djokovic overcame a slow start to beat Zachary Svajda 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 on Wednesday, remaining unbeaten for his career in the first two rounds of the US Open. Playing the opening match of the day session at Arthur Ashe Stadium for the first time since 2014, Djokovic improved to 54-45 in majors after losing the opening set -- the most such wins by any man in the Open era (since 1968)."
"Djokovic appeared to be laboring physically early in the match, as he was at times in his first-round victory. But after getting broken to fall behind 3-1 in the third set, he finally began looking like the player who has won a men's record 24 Grand Slam titles, including four of them in New York. The No. 7-seeded Djokovic won the next eight games against the American qualifier to open a 3-0 lead in the fourth set and eventually closed it out in just 26 minutes after the first set took an hour."
""I wasn't very happy with my tennis for the first part of the match," Djokovic said, while also giving credit to his opponent, who was clearly struggling with an injury during the latter part of the match. Svajda, who entered Wednesday having won 17 of his past 19 matches across all levels including qualifying, called for the trainer multiple times during changeovers and appeared to be struggling with cramps."
Novak Djokovic lost the opening set to Zachary Svajda but rallied to win 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3, 6-1, remaining unbeaten in his first two US Open rounds. He improved to 54-45 in majors after dropping the first set, the most such wins by any man in the Open era, and tied Roger Federer with 191 hard-court major match wins. Djokovic struggled physically early but won eight consecutive games to seize control and closed the match quickly after a long first set. Svajda called for the trainer several times and appeared to suffer cramps late in the match. The victory marked Djokovic's 75th major third-round appearance, breaking a tie with Federer.
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