ATP Finals 2020: Dominic Thiem loses against Andrey Rublev
Dominic Thiem lost his third group match at the ATP Finals 2020 in the O2 Arena in London with 2: 6 and 5: 7 against Andrey Rublev . The Austrian's semi-final entry was already clear before the game.
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last edit: Nov 19, 2020, 04:36 pm
25 minutes had been played when the scoreboard in the O2 Arena in London showed a 6-2 in favor of Andrey Rublev. Impressive: The Russian, five-time tournament winner on the ATP Tour in 2020, had scored eleven direct points at this point. And not made a single slight mistake. In any case, Thiem did not get into the match at all and lost his first two service games. And the second round didn't start much better either: Rublev got the early break to 2-1.
Rublev, who had given a match point with a double fault in his meeting with Stefanos Tsitsipas, served in the first Thursday match like a piece. Until the eighth game of the second set. Since the Russian left two game balls, Thiem literally gave the balance. But he did not spoil himself, gave the favor back at 5: 5, his service game after a 40: 0 still from. Rublev kept his nerve this time, making his first victory at the ATP Finals clear after a playing time of 74 minutes.
Nadal against Tsitsipas for the semi-finals
For Thiem, the defeat for the tournament in London has no consequences. Except that the world number three missed 200 points for the ATP charts and an additional prize money of 153,000 US dollars. Thiem had already made it into the semi-finals on Saturday with his successes against Stefanos Tsitsipas and Rafael Nadal.
Exactly between these two players it will be decided from 9 p.m. today who will succeed Thiem in the semifinals. And who meets Daniil Medvedev with it. Thiem's chance to move up to second place in the world rankings for the first time is gone with the bankruptcy against Rublev.
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