Serbia’s Novak Djokovic returns a ball to Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics during the round of 16 match at the ATP 250 Geneva Open Tennis Tournament, in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, May 21, 2025 (Cyril Zingaro/Keystone via AP)
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic returns a ball to Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics during the round of 16 match at the ATP 250 Geneva Open Tennis Tournament, in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, May 21, 2025 (Cyril Zingaro/Keystone via AP)
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic returns a ball to Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics during the round of 16 match at the ATP 250 Geneva Open Tennis Tournament, in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, May 21, 2025 (Cyril Zingaro/Keystone via AP)
Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics returns a ball to Serbia’s Novak Djokovic during the round of 16 match at the ATP 250 Geneva Open Tennis Tournament, in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, May 21, 2025 (Cyril Zingaro/Keystone via AP)
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic returns a ball to Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics during the round of 16 match at the ATP 250 Geneva Open Tennis Tournament, in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, May 21, 2025 (Cyril Zingaro/Keystone via AP)
Djokovic gets first win on clay this year by beating Fucsovics at Geneva Open
GENEVA (AP) 鈥 Novak Djokovic finally won a match on clay this season, beating Marton Fucsovics 6-2, 6-3 in the second round of the rainy Geneva Open on Wednesday.
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic returns a ball to Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics during the round of 16 match at the ATP 250 Geneva Open Tennis Tournament, in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, May 21, 2025 (Cyril Zingaro/Keystone via AP)
GENEVA (AP) 鈥 Novak Djokovic finally won a match on clay this season, beating Marton Fucsovics 6-2, 6-3 in the second round of the rainy Geneva Open on Wednesday.
Djokovic lost his two previous matches on clay in the European spring season, and his next opponent at the last warmup event for the French Open is one of those players who already beat him.
In the quarterfinals scheduled Thursday, the second-seeded Djokovic will play Matteo Arnaldi who earlier advanced past Fabian Marozsan 6-3, 7-6 (3). Arnaldi beat Djokovic in two sets at the Madrid Masters.
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鈥淢y first win this season on clay obviously, it鈥檚 great to break the ice in a way. It鈥檚 a very demanding surface,鈥 Djokovic said in an on-court interview.
He faced no break-point chances, landed 73% of his first serves and clinched with a backhand winner on his second match-point chance,
鈥淚t helps if you have a good serve and today I think that was my strongest shot,鈥 Djokovic said.
The 24-time Grand Slam singles champion is seeking his 100th career title on the ATP Tour.
Geneva is a popular stop with players seeking more match practice before Roland Garros and No. 4-ranked Taylor Fritz had lost his opening match at the Rome Masters this month.
Fritz, top-seeded this week, advanced to the quarterfinals with a 6-4, 7-6 (5) win over Quentin Halys of France.
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He next plays sixth-seeded Hubert Hurkacz, who also won in two sets against a Frenchman, beating Arthur Rinderknech 6-4, 6-1.
Fourth-seeded Karen Khachanov advanced because Kei Nishikori retired in the second set of their match held over from Tuesday because of the weather. Khachanov next meets Austrian qualifier Sebastian Ofner, who beat Nuno Borges 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4).
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