Tomas Machac upsets Novak Djokovic 6-4 0-6 6-1 in the semifinal in Geneva on Friday. Machac will square off with Casper Ruud or Flavio Cobolli in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 6 minutes.
The Czech added to his prize money € 21,180 after winning this match. He has already won € 51,400 after this win. If he wins the next match, Machac will add € 36,725 to his earnings to get in total € 88,125 in total.
Highlights Tomas Machac vs. Novak Djokovic Gonet Geneva Open – Geneva
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:06
At the end of the match, the Czech scored 84 points vs. the Serbian’s 83.
Machac
Machac won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points after he converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.
Djokovic
On the other side, the Serbian was battling in converting his break points (only 36% – 4/11). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Machac and Djokovic is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Tomas Machac vs. Casper Ruud or Flavio Cobolli – stats
Machac will fight against either Casper Ruud or Flavio Cobolli in the final. The head to head is 0-1 vs. Casper Ruud and 2-0 vs. Flavio Cobolli.
Live score progression and stats
Machac won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, The Czech broke back in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game to win the set 6-4.
The Serbian was completely knocked out in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 1-4 to 6-4.
Machac converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (2-4 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Novak converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 40-A), the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40).
They played 78 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Tomas won just 2 more points than Djokovic (40-38). The Czech surrendered 13 points on serve (21-13). On the other side, Novak conceded 19 points on serve (25-19).
This set was completely one-sided since Djokovic conceded no games to the Czech before winning the set 6-0.
Novak failed to serve out the set when leading 6-0 to be broken at 30.
Novak was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (3-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (5-0 0-40 and 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Machac was unerring in converting all his break points in the 5th game (0-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 41 points. The Serbian won 13 more points than Tomas (27-14). The Serbian conceded 8 points on serve (14-8). On the losing side, Tomas conceded 13 points on serve (6-13).
Tomas won the set after he broke Djokovic 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.
Djokovic lost the 7th game (6-1) when he had a strong 40-0 lead while on serve. Novak was eclipsed in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Machac converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (3-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 40-A). On the other side, Djokovic wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (1-2 30-40).
They contested 48 points. The Czech was the one to win the set after conquering 12 more points than the Serbian (30-18). Tomas conceded 8 points on serve (14-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Novak conceded 16 points on serve (10-16).
Tennis Scores in Geneva
- Tomas MachacMachac – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (6-4 0-6 6-1)
Upcoming matches
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Casper RuudRuud (0-0) – H2H details and stats
