Novak Djokovic celebrates on the pitch in Geneva by winning on his debut on his 37th birthday: a double 6-3 against Yannick Hanfmann to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Swiss tournament where he will face one of Griekspoor or Shapovalov. This is the 1100th career victory of this extraordinary champion.
Djokovic who immediately started well, finding a certain continuity in response: Hanfmann fails to get direct points on serve, but the German still gets points with his backhand down the line and puts pressure on the Serbian. The Serbian, however, manages to break serve at 3-2 with three returns near the line, thus immediately taking the break advantage. The world number 1 then erases two break points at 4-2 and five counter-break points at 5-3, when the match was interrupted for an hour due to rain at 40-40. After the interruption Djokovic coolly managed to close the first set 6-3, playing the important points in an orderly manner.
In the second set However, Djokovic doesn’t start so well, he makes several errors, gets nervous and immediately goes down by a break at 0-3, with Hanfmann gaining confidence. The German goes to 40-40 and doesn’t go far from 4-0, but the Serbian finds solidity and incisiveness and scores a set of six games in a row: after the 4-3 break, Hanfmann effectively disappears from the field and leaves space to 6-3 and Djokovic’s success.
