Novak Djokovic celebrates his 38th birthday with victory over Matteo Arnaldi to reach the Geneva Open semi-finals.

GENEVA — Novak Djokovic finally won a match on clay this season, beating Marton Fucsovics 6-2, 6-3 in the second round of the rainy Geneva Open on Wednesday. Djokovic lost his two previous matches on clay in the European spring season, and his next opponent at the last warmup event for the French Open is one of those players who already beat him.

Novak Djokovic finally secured a win on clay since the 2024 Paris Olympics. On Wednesday (May 21), he went past Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics 6-2, 6-3 in the Geneva Open. The World No.6 is chasing his first title of the season as well as his first since the Paris Olympics where he defeated Carlos Alcaraz in the final to win the gold medal for the first time in his career.