ATP Masters Madrid: Dominic Thiem celebrates sovereign victory in comeback
Dominic Thiem is back - and celebrated an undisputed two-sentence victory on his tour return. (Here you can read the match in the live ticker.)
by Florian Goosmann
last edit: May 04, 2021, 08:53 pm
That was a comeback as desired! Dominic Thiem is in round 3 of the Masters tournament in Madrid - after a strong performance, but also a grateful opponent on his return. It was 6: 1, 6: 3 for the fourth in the world rankings after only XXXXX playing time against the American Marcos Giron .
Thiem started the match with a double fault and forehand error - but made up for it with an ace and forehand winner. The 1: 1 made Giron sovereign, after that it went quickly. Three mistakes helped Thiem break to 3: 1, a splendid backhand to double break and 5: 1; After round 1, nine winners were on the credit side of the US Open Champ, who made a lot of steam, especially with the forehand.
Giron, currently 91st in the world rankings, had not yet distinguished himself as a clay court expert in the course of his career and won his two Challenger tournament victories on hard court, in Madrid he had come through the qualification and at least had Pablo Andujar in just under three and a half at the start Conquered a match that lasted for hours.
Against Thiem, the newly won clay court love should hardly help him. The Austrian also managed the early break in set 2, this time to 2: 1, with his own serve he still did not allow anything. In the end, Thiem got three match balls on Giron's serve with a fine backhand, all of which he defended, but put his forehand into the net at match point number four.
In the round of 16 in Madrid, Thiem is now waiting for the winner of the match between Australian Alex de Minaur and South African Lloyd Harris.
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