British No 1 loses first two sets to Mackenzie McDonaldChampion Djokovic beats Jan-Lennard Struff in four setsDan Evans squeaked into the second round of the
Australian Open just before heavy rain drenched Melbourne on day one, but he knows Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka could wreck his ambitions to play
Novak Djokovic in the third round.
In the final match of a Monday schedule torn apart by the weather, Djokovic, the defending champion, was under the roof on Rod Laver where he beat the resolute German, Jan-Lennard Struff, 7-6 (5), 6-2, 2-6, 6-1. He was hitting his winners so beautifully in the first two sets that he lapsed into inexplicably lazy tennis, handing Struff the third set with three double faults in the eighth game.