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Novak Djokovic makes winning return at his own event in Belgrade

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The world number one was everywhere on the opening day of singles action at the exhibition series.

Novak Djokovic made a winning return at his own Adria Tour event in Belgrade, only to be upstaged by a ball boy.

The world number one was everywhere on the opening day of singles action at the exhibition series.

It is his eponymous foundation which supports the exhibition series, the opening weekend of which takes place at the tennis academy which bears his name and he was competing in the Novak Group.

The 33-year-old was well on the way to beating Victor Troicki in his first match of the day when his fellow Serb handed over his racket to a young court-side helper, who returned twice from a Djokovic serve before hitting a forehand winner at the net.

Troicki summoned the boy over and patted his shoulder, the latest example of the event’s lack of social distancing, which allowed fans to sit side by side in the stands, attendants to collect towels and players to hug and shake hands.

The moment of levity done, Djokovic broke to love to complete a 4-1 4-1 win. Grigor Dimitrov had earlier beaten Dusan Lajovic 4-3 3-4 4-1 in a high-quality contest, while Damir Dzumhur had to retire with injury early in his match with Dominic Thiem. Alexander Zverev bested Filip Krajinovic in a tie-break to settle a final-set decider.

The evening session featured a shock result as Dzumhur’s replacement, Serbia’s world No 145 Nikola Milojevic, beat 19th-ranked Dimitrov of Bulgaria 4-1 4-3.

Lajovic almost caused another upset against Austria’s Dominic Thiem, but the world No 3 came from a match point down to win 1-4 4-1 4-3 (8-6)

Meanwhile, the third event of the Adria Tour, due to take place in Montenegro at the end of the month, has been cancelled by local organisers.

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