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PARIS (Reuters) – World number one Novak Djokovic had to work hard to win Hungarian Marton Fucsovics in three sets at the Paris Masters on Tuesday in his first match after losing the September US Open final.

Djokovic, who are tied with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in 20 major wins, fell short in his bid for the calendar Grand Slam tournament at the US Open and lost a straight to Russian Daniil Medvedeville nL1N2QE0HPat Flushing Meadows.

He showed signs of rust in the French capital when he returned to action in the second round on Tuesday after saying goodbye to the first round and eventually winning 6-2 4-6 6-3.

The first batch was nice, and it looked like the Serb would mark his return with routine success, but Fucsovics rushed in the second and broke twice to take the batch.

World number one Djokovic seemed to be in trouble in the decisive round when Fucsovics played better tennis, but in the numbers 1-1, 30-30 the Serbian won 10 points in a row to take control of the match and ended the competition. palm.

In search of his sixth Paris Masters title, Djokovic will face either Adrian Mannarino or Frenchman 15th place Gael Monfils in the final 16 rounds, with the latter defeating Miomir Kecmanovic in the first round on Tuesday.

The number one at the end of the year in the ATP rankings is based on the results of the calendar season, and Djokovic can seal it for the seventh time with a win in Paris.

In other first-round matches, Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov defeated Frenchman Richard Gasquet in three innings, while Australian runner-up James Duckworth also advanced by an impressive win against the world’s 20th Roberto Bautista Aguti in three innings as well.

(Reported by Peter Hall; edited by Ken Ferris)