Novak Djokovic served up a storm in his opening match at the Masters 1000 event in Paris on Tuesday, never dropping serve—never even going to deuce, in fact—en route to a 7-6 (1), 6-4 victory over American Maxime Cressy.
Of his 11 service games, he held six of them to love and four of them to 15, his only remotely close service game coming at 5-all in the first set, when he held at 30.
Djokovic has actually held his last 28 service games in a row without facing break point, a streak that started against Daniil Medvedev in the semifinals of Astana a few weeks ago (he held his last seven service games of that match without facing one, then all 10 against Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final, and now 11 against Cressy).
He’s now on a 10-match winning streak at the Masters 1000 event in Paris, having won the tournament the last two times he played it in 2019 (going 5-0) and 2021 (going 4-0, having received a walkover from Gael Monfils in the third round).
The 21-time Grand Slam champion is now on a 24-match winning streak against players from the U.S., too, since falling to Sam Querrey at Wimbledon in 2016.
DJOKOVIC’S WINNING STREAK VS AMERICANS: 24 IN A ROW
[l. to Querrey in 2016 Wimbledon 3rd Rd, 7-6 (6), 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (5)]
d. Young in 2017 Eastbourne QFs, 6-2, 7-6 (9)
d. Young in 2018 Australian Open 1st Rd, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4
d. Sandgren in 2018 Wimbledon 1st Rd, 6-3, 6-1, 6-2
d. Johnson in 2018 Cincinnati 1st Rd, 6-4, 7-6 (4)
d. Sandgren in 2018 US Open 2nd Rd, 6-1, 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-2
d. Isner in 2018 ATP Finals RR, 6-4, 6-3
d. Krueger in 2019 Australian Open 1st Rd, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
d. Fratangelo in 2019 Indian Wells 2nd Rd, 7-6 (5), 6-2
d. Fritz in 2019 Monte Carlo 3rd Rd, 6-3, 6-0
d. Fritz in 2019 Madrid 2nd Rd, 6-4, 6-2
d. Kudla in 2019 Wimbledon 2nd Rd, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
d. Querrey in 2019 Cincinnati 2nd Rd, 7-5, 6-1
d. Kudla in 2019 US Open 3rd Rd, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
d. Isner in 2019 Shanghai 3rd Rd, 7-5, 6-3
d. Sandgren in 2020 Cincinnati [New York] 3rd Rd, 6-2, 6-4
d. Tiafoe in 2021 US Open 2nd Rd, 6-3, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (2), 6-3
d. Fritz in 2021 Australian Open 3rd Rd, 7-6 (1), 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 6-2
d. Fritz in 2021 Rome 2nd Rd, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
d. Sandgren in 2021 Roland Garros 1st Rd, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
d. Kudla in 2021 Wimbledon 3rd Rd, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (7)
d. Brooksby in 2021 US Open 4th Rd, 1-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
d. Fritz in 2021 Paris QFs, 6-4, 6-3
d. Tiafoe in 2022 Laver Cup RR, 6-1, 6-3
d. Cressy in 2022 Paris 2nd Rd, 7-6 (1), 6-4
Awaiting Djokovic in the third round in Paris will be either Russia’s Karen Khachanov or Switzerland’s Marc-Andrea Huesler.