( CNN ) -- Novak Djokovic survived a first set scare as he booked a place in the second round at Roland Garros after a day of intermittent rain disrupted the French Open . Many matches had to be moved and the schedule reduced in the face of inclement weather in Paris , but the world No . 1 eventually disposed of unseeded Belgian David Goffin 7-6 6-4 7-5 . The Serbian did n't get on Court Philippe Chatrier until late in the afternoon but after battling through a tight first set went on to book a round two match with Argentina 's Guido Pella . `` [ Goffin ] did really well at the start , and throughout all the match he was playing really nice tennis from baseline , '' Djokovic told the ATP Tour 's official website . `` It was a tough match . I needed to fight all the way through every set , and I served well when I needed to and played my best tennis when it was most important . '' On his next opponent , Pella , Djokovic added : `` I know he 's one of the specialists on clay ; a new player that is coming up and he made some surprising wins . `` I 'm going to have to prepare myself and be on top of my game because , especially in the opening rounds , you 're playing players that have nothing to lose so I 'm sure that he 's gon na be very motivated to play his best . '' Elsewhere in the men 's draw , Australian Bernard Tomic retired hurt after losing the first two sets in his clash with Romania 's Victor Hanescu . The 20-year suffered a muscle tear and at a press conference after his match said his controversial father would remain his coach . John Tomic is facing criminal charges after allegedly headbutting his son 's training partner Thomas Drouet earlier this month , though he is claiming self-defense . `` My dad is in Paris , he 's still my dad and he will remain my coach . I love him a lot , '' Bernard was reported as saying by AFP . Two other players were forced to retire during their matches on Tuesday . Colombian Alejandro Falla handed victory to Bulgarian 26th seed Grigor Dimotrov while Germany 's Florian Mayer , seeded 28 , quit during his clash with Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan . Veteran Tommy Haas , the No . 12 seed from Germany , beat unseeded Frenchmen Guillaume Rufin 7-6 6-1 6-3 . He will now play American youngster Jack Sock after the 20-year-old defeated Spain 's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in straight sets , 6-2 6-2 7-5 . The No . 9 seed , Switzerland 's Stanislas Wawrinka , eased past unseeded Dutchman Thiemo Be Bakker 7-5 6-3 6-7 7-5 while Russia 's Nikolay Davydenko is also through to round two after a comfortable 6-3 6-4 7-5 win over France 's Florent Serra . Djokovic was forced to wait for his first round match after home favorite Marion Bartoli edged a tense three-hour encounter with Russia 's Olga Govortsova on Court Philippe Chatrier . Bartoli took the first set on a tiebreak but surrendered the second 6-4 before securing the decider 7-5 . World No . 9 Samantha Stosur disposed of the oldest player in the competition -- Japan 's 42-year-old Kimiko Date-Krumm -- thanks to a 6-0 6-2 victory in just over an hour . A total of 57 players in the women 's singles draw had not been born by the time Date-Krumm first appeared at the French Open back in 1989 but despite defeat , she became the third oldest female player to participate at Roland Garros . The No . 18 seed , Serbia 's Jelena Jankovic , recorded a 6-4 7-6 victory over Slovakia 's Daniela Hantuchova .
World No . 1 Novak Djokovic through to second round of French Open in Paris . Poor weather on day three with some matches switched to Wednesday instead . Home favorite Marion Bartoli edges tense three - set match with Olga Govortsova . Bernard Tomic , Florian Mayer and Alejandro Falla withdrew from their first round matches .