ROME: Novak Djokovic behaved better on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) in his first match since being defaulted from the US Open.

The top-ranked Serb was mostly courteous with the chair umpire and had no interaction with the line judges during a 6-3, 6-2 win over local wild-card entry Salvatore Caruso in his opening match at the Italian Open.

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