Novak Djokovic left his Olympic opponent so misplaced that he began providing up his racket to members of the gang.
Matthew Ebden resorted to drastic measures after he was bagelled in simply 24 minutes throughout the first set and could not win a recreation in opposition to the relentless world No. 2.
The Australian – who specialises in doubles and solely obtained into the singles draw as an alternate – tried to stop and get a fan to sub in for him after going 0-6 down.
At present the world No. 3 in doubles, Ebden’s singles recreation clearly wanted some work. The 36-year-old had not performed a singles match for the reason that Winston-Salem qualifiers in 2022, and it confirmed.
He managed to push Djokovic to deuce within the high seed’s opening service recreation however that was so far as he obtained. The 24-time Grand Slam champion broke Ebden thrice within the first set to take it with out dropping a recreation.
The followers inside Courtroom Philippe-Chatrier tried to push Ebden on as he stepped as much as serve originally of the second nevertheless it was of no use. All he may do was throw in an underarm serve earlier than getting damaged once more.
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