NOVAK Djokovic booked his place within the semi-finals of the Geneva Open, days earlier than his French Open title protection begins.
Djokovic overcame Tallon Griekspoor’s first set resistance to win 7-5, 6-1 in 77 minutes on the Parc des Eaux-Vives.
Griekspoor, the world quantity 27, is the sixth seed within the 28-player Geneva match, which is a warm-up earlier than the second Grand Slam of the season in Paris subsequent week.
“That is a unprecedented victory. I feel the primary set might have gone simply for him as a result of I assumed he was the higher participant for many of the first set,” stated Djokovic, quoted by France24, (24/5).
“We might have gone a totally completely different route if he had transformed that set level.”
“I used to be fortunate to search out some actually good serves, and from then on I used to be actually taking part in some good, stable tennis,” he added.
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Djokovic, took a wild card to play in Geneva in a bid to salvage a worrying drop in type forward of subsequent week’s Roland-Garros.
Djokovic will face Tomas Machac of the Czech Republic in Friday’s semifinals.
The 2 gamers have solely met as soon as earlier than, with Djokovic successful the match in Dubai final yr.
Machac, the world quantity 44, can be showing in his first semifinal on the ATP tour. He beat 19-year-old Alex Michelsen of the USA 6-3, 7-6 (7/2) within the quarter-finals on Geneva clay. (Ndf)
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