ATP Monte Carlo: Dominic Thiem with double shift on Thursday
Dominic Thiem faces a double shift at the Monte Carlo Country Club on Thursday. First, the Lichtenwörther meets Dusan Lajovic (live in our ticker) in the third game after 11:00 CET, then he and Jürgen Melzer compete in a double competition against Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo (live in the match stapler).
by Nikolaus Fink
last edit: Apr 17, 2019, 09:02 pm
Dominic Thiem will not have been too unhappy about the outcome of the game between Dusan Lajovic and David Goffin. The Serb won 6: 3 and 6: 4 against the Belgian and thus prevented another clash between Goffin and Thiem. The 28-year-old is one of the fear opponents of Lichtenwörther and leads 7: 3 in the head to head. Among other things, he beat the world ranking fifth in Monte Carlo two years ago.
The task for Thiem but also against Lajovic is by no means easy, the Serb could already assert himself against Kei Nishikori in Miami this year and feels quite comfortable on the red ashes due to his training base in Barcelona. This underpins a round of 16 entry into Roland Garros in 2014, last year "Dutzee" failed in the second round in five sets to Alexander Zverev.
Thiem leads 5-0 in the head to head against Lajovic
Against Thiem has the world rankings-48. So far, however, no country has been seen, all five previous duels the Austrian could win for himself. Every encounter between the two took place on sand, Thiem had to accept a loss of set - 2018 in Lyon. It is also the last match to date between the two aesthetes, who each act with a one-handed backhand.
Not only because of the clear head to head, Thiem will go into the game as a clear favorite on the Court des Princes. In his second round game against Martin Klizan in a 6-1 and 6-4 win, the 25-year-old showed a more than decent performance and said after the match: "It was a good match. I started very well and was good from the back Made pressure. "
I am fully focused on Monte Carlo.
Dominic Thiem
He was also "very motivated" after the separation from Günter Bresnik and was looking forward to the coming clay court weeks. "I'm fully focused on Monte Carlo," said Nicolas Massu's protégé, but he didn't want to look too far ahead of the upcoming tournaments. There is no reason for this, because the draw meant well with Thiem in Monte Carlo. In the event of a success over Lajovic, Cameron Norrie or Lorenzo Sonego would wait in the quarterfinals - a very pleasant task for the clay court lover.
Thiem and Melzer with a monster task
Thiem expects anything but a pleasant task in the double competition. At the side of Marrakech winner Jürgen Melzer, he meets his singles on Court 2 against the two seeded Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo. After the opening success over Philipp Kohlschreiber and Fernando Verdasco , another victory would be a big surprise.
Because the Pole and the Brazilian showed on the American hard court tour. The two reached the final in Indian Wells, and in Miami the final stage was for the duo. Melo in particular does not feel particularly good on ashes - so maybe a chance for Thiem and Melzer to make Thursday in the Principality an Austrian holiday.