The victory over a 32-year-old opponent helped Novak Djokovic increase his record on hard courts this season to 20 wins – 4 losses, thereby taking another step forward in his campaign to conquer the second US Open title in his career after

“I feel like I’m hitting the ball very well.

Djokovic won too easily.

In relatively strong wind conditions, Mathieu played very poorly in the first set.

Djokovic completely dominated the final set with his speedy play, and did not lose a game in the winning set, which took place in only 22 minutes.

Novak Djokovic 3-0 Paul-Henri Mathieu

Djokovic’s opponent in the third round is Sam Querrey – one of three American players remaining in the men’s singles.

Eighth seed Andy Murray also took just over an hour and a half to win the second round against his opponent currently ranked 235th in the world Matthias Bachinger, with a result of 6-3, 6-3, 6-4.

The 27-year-old Scottish tennis player is the 2012 US Open champion, but at this year’s tournament it will not be easy for him to reach the semi-finals or finals because he may have to meet Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the round of 16, and Novak Djokovic in the final.

Murray faces many challenges ahead.

After back injury surgery at the end of 2013, Murray was not at his best when he returned to competition and dropped from second in the world to the current ninth.

Ninth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga also easily got a ticket to the third round after a 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 victory over Aleksandr Nedovyesov of Kazakhstan.

American 13th seed John Isner also passed the second round with a 7-6(5), 6-4, 6-2 victory over Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany.

Meanwhile, 34-year-old tennis player Estrella Burgos continued his historic tournament.

In the late match of the second round of men’s singles last night, it took fifth seed Milos Raonic more than three hours to defeat German qualifier Peter Gojowczyk with a score of 7-6, 5-7, 6-4.