Second seed Novak Djokovic gained his first clay-court match of the season on Wednesday on the Gonet Geneva Open, the place he defeated Marton Fucsovics in straight units, 6-2, 6-3 to succeed in the quarter-finals on the ATP 250 occasion.
The Serbian star was in management all through the 75-minute contest. He dominated the baseline exchanges with spectacular groundstrokes and highly effective serve. Novak didn’t face a break level towards the Hungarian, enhancing to an ideal 6-0 document within the pair’s ATP H2H sequence.
“My first win this season on clay,” mentioned Djokovic. “It’s nice to interrupt the ice in a method. It’s a very demanding floor. Everyone knows how tough it’s to play on clay, in comparison with the opposite surfaces, you all the time must count on an additional ball, an additional shot. Right here, a bit extra altitude, so it helps in case you have a very good serve. At present I feel that was my strongest shot. I had a excessive proportion of first serves, a number of free factors on the primary serve after I wanted, to get out of hassle. I feel it makes life on the court docket a bit simpler, so I’m very glad to have the ability to play the most effective tennis when wanted. During, I used to be fairly targeted and happy with the extent of tennis, so hopefully that may proceed tomorrow.”
Match stats: aces (4-0), double faults (1-0), winners (22-11), unforced errors (15-23), complete factors gained (64-37).
Nole is chasing his one centesimal tour-level title in Geneva, getting ready for the following week’s Roland Garros. He’ll subsequent face eighth-seeded Italian Matteo Arnaldi (Thursday at 18:00 CET) to whom he fell in Madrid Masters opener 4 weeks in the past.
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