In the early morning of February 22, Beijing time, the first round of the ATP500 Dubai station was contested, and the world's first Djokovic played in the competition, ushering in his debut this season. Djokovic debuted against Italian teenager Josetti, who played a classic five-set battle at the French Open last year, with Djokovic losing two sets first.
In today's first set, Djokovic took the lead in the 4th set to break and take a 3-1 lead. In the 5th set, Djokovic scored five consecutive runs at 0-40 to doggle three consecutive break points to hold serve. In the 9th set, Djokovic ushered in a serve win and he managed to win the first set 6-3.
In the second set, Djokovic took the lead in the 3rd set to complete the break, and then he held the serve to take a 3-1 lead. In the 6th set, Djokovic defused four break points to hold on. In the 9th set, Djokovic broke again in the opponent's inevitable set and won the second set 6-3.
In the end, in a match that took 1 hour and 14 minutes, djokovic, the top seed of the tournament, defeated The Italian teenager Mussetti 6-3, 6-3 to make it to the second round of the men's singles. In the next round Djokovic will face the winner from between Khachanov and Deminalt.