Novak Djokovic on his quest for a 25th major title after opening round win at the French Open

Well of course a little bit by the wind in the first set and then they shut the roof and then he really got down to business and as first rounds go that was impressive enough yeah he's hit the ground running he'll be very content i'm sure with that performance he said a tricky early on mainly to do with the conditions the wind was really blustering drizzle at times and as well as mckenzie mcdonald played it was never quite enough to really threaten jock virtue well i think he'll be content with every area of his game really the movement was excellent clean ball striking from the back of the court the serve got him out of a couple of tricky situations he was broken the once in that second set not 40 down a couple of times able to retrieve one of those but a really good start well next up um want to be the current amute or clément taber the uh the french qualifier then perhaps dennis chapavalov in the third round and then mcdonald maybe one of them cam nori or jacob fernley nori coming through magnificently earlier against daniel medvedev that's for the future jockovich's um next job will be to um answer a few questions from luca pui novak novak bravo very happy to be back at roland garros amongst friends je je regarde tous les jours de profiter de chaque moment sur les secours très spécial et très joli donc je me sens bien évidemment ici encore plus parce que j'arrive comment dire revivre de de mémoire de jour olympique en dernière c'était la dernière fois quand j'ai ici every moment at grand slams every moment here are precious things and particularly after the memories of the olympic um might have been able to play better today but he's very happy with what he's produced in this first round he's working hard on his french working hard to understand that's good practice what did that mean looking for history So that's one of the biggest motivations I have for the competition, to follow, to keep working, to improve, to be here with you. I was with my family, my children. My children went to the races afterwards. It was a very difficult match, a very hard final. It was hard, but after the match, when I saw my daughter and my son entering the court, I understood that everything I do is for them. It's a great feeling, a great emotion. Talking about how brilliant it was in Geneva to have his wife and family there with him, to enjoy the occasion. You said it, the last time we saw you playing on the Philippe Chatrier court, it was during your victory at the Olympics in Paris last summer. Talking about this court and the Olympic win. Did you win the gold medal to keep this positive vibe? Has he got the medal in his bag? No, he doesn't actually have it with him. It's an illustration of the gold medal on his bag. But my gold medal is every day with my father. My father loves all the trophies more than I do. I give everything to him. Dad's job is to look after them. It must be beautiful to have all this on your bag. Novak, thank you very much. Thank you for joining us. Qualified for the second round, Novak Djokovic.