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Djokovic beats Humbert in Basel opening round

Foto: Keystone via AP/Georgios Kefalas
Djokovic beats Humbert in Basel opening round

Foto: Keystone via AP/Georgios Kefalas

BASEL - Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic has got off to a successful start at the Basel ATP 500 tournament after a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Frenchman Ugo Humbert in the opening round on Wednesday.

Djokovic, who won after two and a half hours of play, will next face German Jan-Lennard Struff, who defeated countryman Yannick Hanfmann in the first round.

The prize money at the Basel event is 2,584,155 euros.

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