“I had a great test”: Scrappy Djokovic hangs tough to win ATP return

After his scratchy, scrappy, sometimes unhappy 7-6 (2), 6-4 opening-round win over Ricardas Berankis at the Western and Southern Open on Monday, Novak Djokovic was asked how it felt it to play a real match for the first time in six months.Djokovic took an extra second, and a few extra breaths behind his mask, before he answered. I thought he might make a joke about how this match hadn’t made for the most welcome return. After all, he had been forced to call out the trainer to work on his s