Flavio Cobolli

SHANGHAI - Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic, who is seeded in the first round of the Shanghai Masters, will face the winner of the tie between American Alex Michelsen and Chinese Yunchaokete Bu in the second round of the tournament.

PARIS - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the world number one in men's tennis singles, has got off to a successful start to his title defence at Roland Garros by defeating Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-4, 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 in the opening round on Tuesday evening.

Djokovic, who won after two and a half hours of play, is now 2-0 head-to-head against Herbert.

Stefanos Tsitsipas celebrates against Roman Safiulin during the second day of singles play at the Mexican Tennis Open in Acapulco, Guerrero state, Mexico, Tuesday. The fifth-seeded Greek defeated the Russian 6-3, 6-4 and moved on to the second round where he will face Italy's Flavio Cobolli.