Novak Djokovic beats Hubert Hurkacz at Geneva Open for 100th identify

Novak Djokovic was the 0.33 guy within the Open generation to succeed in 100 occupation wins, surviving a three-set mystery towards Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz on the Geneva Open.

The Serbian nice, seeded 2nd, wanted 3 hours and 5 mins to show again the sixth-seeded Hurkacz 5-7, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2) and win on the clay-court ATP 250 match. Djokovic was once down 2-4 within the ultimate set however a damage of Hurkacz within the 8th sport were given the fit again on serve. Djokovic prevailed regardless of 52 winners by means of Hurkacz, which integrated 19 aces.

He now joins the elite team of Jimmy Connors (109 wins) and Roger Federer (103) to hit the century mark. It has been virtually 20 years for the reason that 38-year-old gained his first event, a 2006 victory at Amersfoort within the Netherlands.

“I had to work for it, that’s for sure. Hubi was probably closer to victory [in] the entire match than I was,” Djokovic stated. “I had some chances in the first set to break his serve, then had a bad game which ended up with the double fault on set point.

“I was just trying to hang in there, I don’t know how I broke his serve … but this is what happens at the highest level. Very few points decide the winner.

“Incredible match, 7-6 in the third with a full stadium, beautiful atmosphere. I’m just grateful to clinch the 100th here.”

This was once Djokovic’s first identify since profitable the Paris Olympics in 2024, and he now has a victory in a report 20 other seasons. He can be going for his 25th grand slam identify on the French Open, which starts Sunday in Paris. His first-round opponent is the American Mackenzie McDonald.

Flavio Cobolli of Italy gained his 2nd occupation identify, defeating the third-seeded Andrey Rublev of Russia 6-2, 6-4 in Hamburg, Germany.

Cobolli breezed throughout the first set in 29 mins. In the second one set, serving for the win at 5-4, Cobolli fended off two damage issues on methods to the win. He stored six of 7 damage issues at the day, whilst changing all 4 of his damage probabilities on Rublev’s serve.

Rublev, a former Hamburg champion, hit simply 10 winners towards 23 unforced mistakes. Cobolli had 25 and 24, respectively. Cobolli gained his first identify in April in Bucharest, some other event on clay.