Djokovic would hold the all-time record for the most major singles titles if he were to win one more major. Right now, he and Margaret Court are knotted on 24.
In the 37-year-old’s first match since winning Olympic gold 23 days ago, he prevailed 6-2 6-2 6-4.
The winner of nearly every tennis championship, Novak Djokovic of Serbia, called the victory in Paris his “biggest sporting achievement.”
Despite having won a Grand Slam tournament every year since 2017, he is still chasing his first one this year.
Peaking prior to the match, the reigning champion Djokovic made light of the fact that he wished to “avenge” the defeats they had suffered at the hands of Moldova’s Albot, Djordje and Marko, in their youth.
It was Djokovic’s first time facing Albot. “I feel like there was so much at stake—I feel like there was revenge for my younger brothers,” the Serbian player later told the news.
On Wednesday, he will take on fellow countryman Laslo Djere in the second round.
