Monte Carlo: Novak Djokovic got away to a 6-1, 6-4 winning start to the clay season on Tuesday, with the locally based world number one pleased with a second-round defeat of Albert Ramos-Vinolas. Djokovic, who lives a few hundred metres from Court Central at the seaside Country Club, was happy to bring home the straight-set win in less than 90 minutes.


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"For a first match on clay, it was pretty good," said the winner of back-to-back hardcourt Masters 1000 titles in the US. "I'm happy to have started so strong. "There is a lot of work to be done on the clay, I knew I had a dangerous opponent, one who plays well on thin surface. "I'm glad to be back home and playing against him in Monte Carlo," said the 2014 semi-finalist.