ATP Masters Rome: Dominic Thiem opens against Marton Fucsovics
Dominic Thiem will play against the Hungarian Marton Fucsovics at the start of the ATP Masters 1000 event in Rome.
by Nikolaus Fink
last edit: May 10, 2021, 11:09 am
After his somewhat surprising semi-finals in Madrid, Dominic Thiem will continue this week at the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Rome. Meanwhile, the Austrian, who enjoyed a bye in the first round like all eight top seeded players, also knows his opponent at the beginning.
The world number four will initially play against Marton Fuscovics in the Italian capital. In the first round, the Hungarian won against Lucky Loser Yoshihito Nishioka, who replaced Guido Pella, who was injured on the hip, 6: 0 and 6: 2. Against the world number 44. Thiem leads the official Head to Head of the ATP due to a 7: 5 and 6: 1 victory in Hamburg in 2019 with 1: 0, before he had Fuscovics twice - also without losing a set - in the qualification of Barcelona (2014) and beaten at a future tournament in Morocco (2012).
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In the days up to his first appearance on Italian soil, it is important to “perfect” your own game again, said Thiem after his semi-final defeat by Alexander Zverev. The highlight for the reigning US Open champion so far has been a semi-finals in Rome four years ago, this year the first final should be successful: "Hopefully I'll play really well in Rome."
If Thiem, who skipped the 2020 tournament after the triumph in New York and failed in the second round in 2019 to Fernando Verdasco, does not succeed, he would probably still have the ATP 250 event in Lyon, which begins on May 17, before the French Open deny. "I will decide after Rome whether I still need matches," said the Lichtenwörther.
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