ATP Gstaad: Dominic Thiem reaches the semifinals
Dominic Thiem reached the semifinals at the ATP 250 tournament in Gstaad (Switzerland). He beat Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas 6-4, 6-3.
by Florian Goosmann
last edit: Jul 22, 2022, 12:27 pm
Overall, Thiem had more power in his blows than the world number 115. from Lima, the forehand with decent spin, the backhand again and again as a board along the line. He came to a relaxed 5:2 with a double break. But then it got tight again when he lost the thread a bit, gave up a break and had a break chance against himself at 5: 4 - here you could rely on the serve (ace, service winner, ace).
In the second set there was initially meager fare on both sides, but Thiem then regained security. And finally managed the second break here too, this time to 4:1. At 5: 2, Thiem missed serving again, missed a lot (new balls, from Gstaad). But he broke again into the match, with a backhand board right into the corner.
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Thiem meets the winner of the match between Matteo Berrettini and Pedro Martinez in the semifinals on Saturday.
Thiem had to endure a tight match against Hugo Gaston at the start of the tournament, on Thursday he showed a strong performance against Federico Delbonis .
Thiem won in Gstaad in 2015, it was his third ATP title at the time.
Thiem in the live ranking again in the top 200
Just last week, Thiem celebrated his first two wins at ATP level in Bastad since returning from injury, so now another three in Gstaad.
The reward: The ATP ranking is also going up. From currently 274th place, it will probably be back in the top 200 from Monday. In the current live ranking, Thiem is listed at number 195!