In the quarterfinals of Madrid Open last month, Novak Djokovic was suddenly eliminated in the match, he lost to Matteo Arnaldi after 2 sets, making the clay season fear. Shortly thereafter, the Serbian player also decided to withdraw from Rome Masters.
This week, Djokovic is present in Switzerland to attend the Geneva Open-the tournament in the ATP 250 category. In the quarterfinals, Nole's opponent was Arnaldi, and he had the opportunity to 'revenge' his juniors.
Entering Set 1, Djokovic completely owned the game. The owner of 24 Grand Slam started strongly and won the break early right in the game 3. In the rest of the set, he did not face any break-point, which easily won 6-4.
Set 2, Arnaldi suddenly accelerated. The world ranked 39th in the world won the first break in game 4 to take the lead 4-1. Djokovic now has a bit of control of control when beating the racquet to the yard.
However, the No. 2 seed quickly regained calm. After this moment, he won 5 consecutive games, including 2 successfully breaking the ball game of Arnaldi. The Serbian player closed set 2 with a 6-4 victory.
With this result, Djokovic won tickets to continue. The victory over Arnaldi became more and more meaningful when it came on the 38th birthday of Nole. In the semi-finals, he will face Cameron Norrie, who previously defeated the No. 5 seed Alexei Popyrin 7-6 (6), 6-4.
Sharing after the match, Nole said: “It is great to participate in the semi-finals. Hopefully this time, I can win at least one more game, that's the goal. I think I am in good shape. Although winning two sets, the game is much more intense than what is shown on the score. I was led 1-4 in the second set, but somehow did not lose any more games.”
