ATP Geneva: Dominic Thiem meets Marco Cecchinato at the start
Dominic Thiem knows his opening opponent at the ATP 250 tournament in Geneva: The Austrian will meet the Italian qualifier Marco Cecchinato on Monday.
by Nikolaus Fink
last edit: May 15, 2022, 07:04 pm
Dominic Thiem is aiming for his first win since returning to the tour at the ATP 250 tournament in Geneva. On Sunday, the 2020 US Open winner also learned the name of his opening opponent, Thiem will initially meet Marco Cecchinato in Switzerland. In qualifying, the Italian confidently prevailed in two sets against both Julian Lentz and Pablo Cuevas.
The only encounter so far on the tour with the current world number 122. Thiem won in three sets in the semifinals of the 2018 French Open. Cecchinato, who had eliminated Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals, offered a lot of resistance, especially in the first two rounds, before Thiem made short work of section three and fixed the 7: 5, 7: 6 (10) and 6: 1 success .
The duel between Thiem and Cecchinato will not take place on Monday before 6:00 p.m. Central European Time on Center Court. Before that, the games of Ilya Ivashka against Marcos Giron, Federico Delbonis against Ricardas Berankis and Richard Gasquet against John Millman will take place on the largest square of the facility from 12:00 p.m.
Should Thiem overcome the opening hurdle and move into the second round, he would meet Kamil Majchrzak in this. The Pole prevailed in his first round match against Kazakh Alexander Bublik on Sunday 6:1, 6:7 (4) and 6:3.
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