Novak Djokovic overcame unclear conditions on his 38th birthday to defeat Matteo Arnaldi on Thursday and reach Geneva Open’s semifinal at an event tuned to Roland Garros.

Ex -numri a world took a break in the second set to ask a 6-4, 6-4 Win over the 39th rank Italian, which threw out at the first obstacle in Madrid last month.

Judiciary He is firing the 100th title of his career on the eve of French Open that has not won a tour from the capture of Olympic gold in Paris last August.

“Great is good to be back in the semifinals. Last year I played semifinals. Hopefully this year I can go at least one step further. This is the goal“Gjokovic said.

Gjokovic, who got a wild card to play in Geneva after passing Rome, will meet with Australia Alexei Popyrin or the British qualifier Cameron Norrie for a place in the Saturday final.

The 24-time Grand Slam champion had not won a match in Clay this season after also missing his Monte Carlo space in early April Alejandro Tabilo.

A single break early in the first set enabled Djokovic to take control, but the sixth ranking Serb had to accumulate from 4-1 down to the second before leaving Arnaldi.

He said an angry explosion after leaving the service helped him restore as he won the last five games.

“I think I’m really playing, really good tennis“Said Gjokovic, who was introduced to court with a spark chocolate cake after his victory.

“Today was a lot of tension in court. A direct victory but was much closer than the result shows.

“I was 4-1 down in the second. In a way after this breaking racquet, I did not miss a game and kind I found my optimal state and balance, mentally and emotionally“

Hubert Hurkacz Set up the top seed Taylor Fritz, 6-3, 7-6 (5)earlier and will play the Austrian qualifier Sebastian offer in the next semifinal.

The 128th ranking of the offer came from behind to defeat the fourth seed Karen Khachanov 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.