ATP Dubai: Dominic Thiem disappointed against Lloyd Harris and eliminated
Dominic Thiem failed surprisingly early at the ATP 500 event in Dubai. With a poor performance, the Austrian never really got into the game against Lloyd Harris and lost 3: 6 and 4: 6. Here you can read the match in the live ticker!
by Michael Rothschädl
last edit: Mar 16, 2021, 07:39 pm
Dominic Thiem had already stated in the run-up to the ATP 500 event in Dubai that there were no easy opponents here and that in particular the qualifiers, who already had two games in their legs in the desert city, were among the more uncomfortable opening challenges. One such should be for the Austrian world number four, the South African Lloyd Harris, who had defeated the Australian Christopher O'Connell in the first round.
Last year's winner of the US Open, who was able to fall back on the support from Nicolas Massu's box in Dubai for the first time in calendar year 2021, started his opening match slowly. In the fourth game of the game, it was Lloyd Harris who should find the first break chances of the game and who knew how to use number two after a somewhat over-motivated net advance by the Austrian with a backhand pass.
Weak return performance from Thiem
The South African served strong as a result, Dominic Thiem, on the other hand, had not really found an adequate remedy against Harris with his offensive return position. So it was a strongly serving Lloyd Harris who should close set one with 6: 3. The South African should also be the better player on the field in round two - Harris was inviolable on his own serve, and the world number 81 set in the Thiems service games. again and again fragrance brands.
So also in the seventh game of the second set: Harris got the first break chance of the passage, Thiem fended off with a backhand along the line worth seeing. The second then fit, Thiem put a backhand by millimeters next to the line. That should seal the defeat for Dominic Thiem. The 27-year-old was still disappointingly weak and had absolutely nothing to complain about when the South African served.
Harris now against Krajinovic
Lloyd Harris, on the other hand, continued to bring his absolute A-Game onto the pitch, served as a bear and repeatedly staged his mighty backhand. After just under an hour and 15 minutes, the world rankings made 81. closed the sack and served to the 6: 3 and 6: 4 success.
In the round of 16, Lloyd Harris will now meet Filip Krajinovic, who beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in two sets. Dominic Thiem, on the other hand, will now pause for the first time. The world number four will skip the ATP Masters 1000 event in Miami and will probably only return to the ATP tour on clay.