Novak Djokovic has taken a step nearer to ending his title drought in 2024 after beating Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor 7-5 6-1 to succeed in the Geneva Open semi-finals.
The world No.1, who accepted a late wildcard to compete on the ATP 250 match forward of defending his French Open title, received himself out of a gap on Thursday as he saved 4 set factors from 0-40 down within the tenth recreation earlier than breaking his opponent for a 6-5 lead. He then served out the primary set.
The 37-year-old Serb stored the momentum going as he broke serve 3 times within the second set, lasting simply 25 minutes, to prevail over the world No.27.
“Great win. I thought that the first set could have gone his way easily because I think he was the better player for most of the first set,” conceded Djokovic, who has been caught on 98 singles titles since triumphing eventually 12 months’s ATP Finals.
“He had three set points. I was facing 0-40 at 5-4 for him, so we could have been having a completely different direction of the match if he converted those set points.
“I used to be fortunate to search out some actually good serves and from that second onwards actually performed some good stable tennis. The second set was actually good.”
The 24-time grand slam winner will face Czech Tomas Machac in Friday’s semi-finals.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
