Djokovic's triumphant return to Australia a year after being deported

• Garbiñe does not come out of the blockade

would receive the Australian Open

after last year's monstrosity, it was dissipated in a cloud of Serbian flags.

Between the large migrant population residing in the country and the followers of the nine-time tournament champion, cheers abounded for Nole in the stands of the Rod Laver Arena.

And Djokovic, who is so infected by the environment factor, reciprocated with a great debut against

.

Victory by 6-3, 6-4 and 6-0 in just two hours of the match and appointment in the second round against the winner of the duel between the Bolivian

(191).

The uncertainty about the physical condition of the Serbian, who had not trained until Monday, also did not take long to fly.

Djokovic kept the bandage on his left thigh, but his movements on the court did not reveal any discomfort.

With the engine ready after winning in Adelaide, Nole was a wall against which Carballés could do little.

The Spaniard knows Djokovic first-hand, with whom he has trained in Marbella.

But as he warned in the preview, it is not the same to be comfortable rallying at home than competing at the Rod Laver Arena, where he has won the first major of the year nine times and has not lost since the 2018 round of 16 against South Korean

.

1822 days have passed since then and the counter is still running.

Gone is the amazement of the first time, that paralysis that assailed him in the first round of the 2019 US Open. Carballés entered the match much better this time, and even had three break balls in the fifth game to take advantage in the first set.

He also made him sweat in the second set, where the Serb didn't break until the seventh game.

But before rivals of the magnitude of Djokovic, the level that one gives does not matter so much, but how earthly the other has awakened.

And Djokovic did not let one pass.

Impeccable with the forehand, unapproachable with the second serve, and withering when he managed to open the smallest gap in Carballés' game.

The Spaniard stood up at the start of the first two sets, but did not have the means to respond to the Serb every time he took the lead.

In the third quarter, two sets down and the Serbian in a cloud, there was no color.

Djokovic is back in champion mode.

Victories for Carreño and Davidovich

Among the rest of the Spaniards, the defeat of

(3-6, 7-6(3), 6-1) stood out.

The Spanish-Venezuelan came to have a service game to win in the second set, but she could not overcome the block that has gripped her since last year.

In addition, Pablo Carreño beat Argentine

7-6(4), 6-1 7-6(3) and will play in the second round against Frenchman

;

and Alejandro Davidovich overcame Kazakh

(6-0, 6-7(3), 3-6, 6-4, 6-3) and will meet American

.

In a day where the high temperatures forced the game to stop for hours on the outdoor courts, the matches of

, suspended in the middle of the game, and the debut of

, postponed to Wednesday.

Pending these results, of the twelve Spaniards who started in the main draw of this Australian Open (nine in the men's and three in the women's), only

have advanced so far .

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