Novak Djokovic bests Tallon Griekspoor 7-5 6-1 in the quarter in Geneva on Thursday. Djokovic will square off with Tomas Machac in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 17 minutes.
The Serbian added to his prize money € 12,710 after winning this match. He has already won € 30,220 until now in this event. If he wins the next match, Djokovic will add € 21,180 to his earnings to get in total € 51,400.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Tallon Griekspoor Gonet Geneva Open – Geneva
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:17
At the end of the match, the Serbian scored 63 points vs. Tallon’s 45.
Djokovic
Novak served exceptionally well to win 87% of the points (33/38) behind his first serve. Notwithstanding he won only 47% points (7/15) on his second serve. Djokovic won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points after he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
Griekspoor
On the other side, Tallon wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/7). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Djokovic and Griekspoor is 4-0 for Novak.
Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Tomas Machac – stats
Djokovic will come up against Machac in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Novak Djokovic and Tomas Machac fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Djokovic conquered in the 11th game (6-5) just before finally winning the set (7-5).
Griekspoor was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 4-5 to 7-5.
Novak converted 14% of his break points (1/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40), the 11th (5-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 13th game (7-4 30-40). On the other side, the Dutch was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 8th (4-3 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 79 points. Novak was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than Griekspoor (42-37). Novak dropped 10 points on serve (27-10). On the other side, Tallon conceded 15 points on serve (27-15).
Djokovic enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Tallon Griekspoor in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Novak reinforced his lead after breaking Griekspoor in the 7th (6-1) game before conquering the set.
Djokovic was unerring in converting all his break points in the 3rd (2-0 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 0-40). On the other side, Tallon was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (0-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 29 points. The Serbian won 13 points more than Tallon (21-8). The Serbian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (13-3). on the other side of the court, Tallon conceded 8 points on serve (5-8).
Tennis Scores in Geneva
- Casper RuudRuud – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-3 3-6 6-4)
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-4 6-4)
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (7-5 6-1)
- Tomas MachacMachac – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (6-3 7-62)
Upcoming matches
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Tomas MachacMachac (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Casper RuudRuud (0-0) – H2H details and stats
