On the 23rd local time, the 38-year-old Serbian veteran Djokovic missed the end of the match in the second set, but finally defeated the British left-handed Pai Norrie who entered the qualifying round 6:4, 6:7 (6:8), 6:1, and advanced to the 2025 Geneva Men's Open singles final, only one step away from the 100th championship of his career.
Serbian veteran Novak Djokovic
"For me, it was the toughest fight of the tournament so far, and I managed to get three sets." This ATP 250-level clay tournament was held in Switzerland, and Djokovic, who had just celebrated his birthday on May 22, overcame 1:4 in the second set, dragged the line into a tie-breaker and failed to seize the opportunity to close the door 6:5, but was counterattacked by Norrie, who escaped from death, to pull back a city; It's just that the second seed, who has old experience in the deciding set, stabilized and started 3:0 to extinguish the fire, "I was a little nervous at the end of the 7th match, and I was very happy to bounce back in the third set and play the best set of the tournament."
Djokovic, who is warming up for the 2025 French Open, will face Poland's sixth seed Hurkacz for the title, and with a 7-0 win in his previous matches, the 24-star Grand Slam legend will reach the 100-title milestone and become the third player in professional men's tennis history after Jimmy Connors of the United States (Jimmy Connors) of the United States and Federer of the United States (103) of Switzerland.