Novak Djokovic celebrated his long-awaited return to the grand slam stage with a 6-1 6-2 6-4 demolition of American Donald Young, to reach the second round of the Australian Open on Tuesday.
Wearing a compression sleeve on his serving arm, Djokovic showed no signs of the elbow trouble that cut short his 2017 season.
Australian Djokovic was playing his first match since he retired during his Wimbledon quarter-final.
And in spite of landing barely half of his first serves with his newly modified action, it was an impressive performance from the six-time Melbourne Park champion.
Young dug in to save five match points when serving to stay in the match, but the Serbian great made sure of it in the next game to set up a clash with either Frenchman Gael Monfils or qualifier Jaume Munar.
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