Novak Djokovic beat Hubert Hurkacz, “I think it was a solid performance”, advances to semi-finals

Novak Djokovic promoted Madrid Open Semifinal with a simple 6-3, 6-4 win Hubert Hurkacz On Friday, as he searches for his fourth trophy in the Spanish capital. On a beautiful day in Madrid, Djokovic looked much more like himself at the Manolo Santana Stadium and continued to return to his best form ahead of the French Open, which kicks off later this month.

When Andy Murray fell from the highly anticipated match due to injury, 34 years old reached the quarterfinals and seedy Serbian He qualified to work against Hurkacz. Leading the first set 3-0, Djokovic won the second set in 36 minutes, maintaining the pressure. After an hour and 20 minutes, he took a vital break and won 3-2. Djokovic took 16 victories without facing a breaking point from Hurkacz, raising his undefeated record against Pole to 4-0.

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“I’m happy with how I built the point” – Novak Djokovic

Hurkacz was nervous and added to a sloppy start with a couple of mistakes and a reverse kick, 20-time Grand Slam champion to break and take a 3-0 lead. The Polish 12th seed finally found his serve rhythm, but Djokovic paid the price of giving the Serbian leader an early lead as he advanced into the first set in just 33 minutes.

Hubert Hurkacz playing for his own team third consecutive Masters 1000 quarterfinals, He recorded a breaking point in the first game of Set 2, but the trend to leak non-essential errors soon resurfaced, putting Novak Djokovic ahead. The Serbs didn’t need to do much to take a 3-2 lead and continued to dominate until a minor drop in game eight. Hurkacz pushed the three-time Madrid champion into the duo but failed to get a breaking point.

“The first set, which I think neither of us played very well, took both of us time to adjust to the conditions.” said Djokovic. “The second set, I think tennis is of better quality. I was serving very well. I’m happy with the way I’ve built the point. ”

Novak Djokovic will face Carlos Alcaraz in the semi-finals, who defeated Rafael Nadal in the clash of the last eight. When Djokovic was asked about this, the winner of Rafael Nadal’s match was not determined. “They are the two best players this year with their results.” said Djokovic. “Rafa is playing well, nothing seems to be bothering him in the last few games… He’s very close to doing his best.”

“And Carlos is living the dream too, right? He plays great tennis and has improved so much… It will be a good match.” he concluded.

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