Second seed Novak Djokovic received 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, bettering to an ideal 6-0 document within the pair’s ATP H2H collection.
“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 difficult it’s to play on clay, in comparison with the opposite surfaces, you all the time need to 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. In the present day I believe that was my strongest shot. I had a excessive share of first serves, a number of free factors on the primary serve once I wanted, to get out of hassle. I believe it makes life on the courtroom a bit simpler, so I’m very glad to have the ability to play one of the best tennis when wanted. During, I used to be fairly centered 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), whole factors received (64-37).
Nole is chasing his one hundredth tour-level title in Geneva, making ready for the subsequent 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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