GENEVA — Novak Djokovic lastly gained a match on clay this season, beating Marton Fucsovics 6-2, 6-3 within the second spherical of the wet Geneva Open on Wednesday.
Djokovic misplaced his two earlier matches on clay within the European spring season, and his subsequent opponent on the final warmup occasion for the French Open is a kind of gamers who already beat him.
Within the quarterfinals scheduled Thursday, the second-seeded Djokovic will play Matteo Arnaldi who earlier superior previous Fabian Marozsan 6-3, 7-6 (3). Arnaldi beat Djokovic in two units on the Madrid Masters.
“My first win this season on clay clearly, it is nice to interrupt the ice in a approach. It is a very demanding floor,” Djokovic mentioned in an on-court interview.
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He confronted no break-point possibilities, landed 73% of his first serves and clinched with a backhand winner on his second match-point likelihood,
“It helps if in case you have a great serve and right this moment I feel that was my strongest shot,” Djokovic mentioned.
The 24-time Grand Slam singles champion is looking for his a hundredth profession title on the ATP Tour.
Geneva is a well-liked cease with gamers looking for extra match observe earlier than Roland Garros and No. 4-ranked Taylor Fritz had misplaced his opening match on the Rome Masters this month.
Fritz, top-seeded this week, superior to the quarterfinals with a 6-4, 7-6 (5) win over Quentin Halys of France.
He subsequent performs sixth-seeded Hubert Hurkacz, who additionally gained in two units in opposition to a Frenchman, beating Arthur Rinderknech 6-4, 6-1.
Fourth-seeded Karen Khachanov superior as a result of Kei Nishikori retired within the second set of their match held over from Tuesday due to the climate. Khachanov subsequent meets Austrian qualifier Sebastian Ofner, who beat Nuno Borges 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4).
