Paris, June 1 (IANS) Defending champion Novak Djokovic has defeated Joao Sousa of Portugal in straight sets to enter the third round of the French Open tennis tournament.The second seeded Serbian star defeated Sousa 6-1, 6- 4, 6-3 in 2 hours and 7 minutes here on Wednesday evening."Generally I feel better than the first round, so that's exactly what I wanted," the world No. 2 said after the game.
On Friday, Djokovic will play against Argentine Diego Schwartzman for a place in the last 16.Schwartzman, world No. 41, also defeated on Wednesday Italian Stefano Napolitano 6-3, 7-5, 6-2.The Serbian has already beaten the Argentine in the only match between them, in the US Open in 2014.