Australian Open: Dominic Thiem on Thursday with a third match after 1 a.m.
Dominic Thiem is playing his second round match at the Australian Open against local hero Alex Bolt in the facility's third largest stadium. The game was scheduled as the third match after 1 a.m.CET (live Eurosport and in Austria on ServusTV).
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last edit: Jan 22, 2020, 10:09 am
It is quite possible that the Austrian fans will have a difficult time in Melbourne on Thursday. Not only does Dominic Thiem play with Alex Bolt against a local hero, no, before the Austrian match, the tournament officials also scheduled the double game of world number one Ashleigh Barty. Barty competes with Julia Görges against Jessica Moore and Astra Sharma, two Australians.
The starting point comes as a bit of a surprise - especially since Thiem is number five and therefore higher than Alexander Zverev. The German will serve at the same time as his friend Thiem in the Rod Laver Arena, against the Belarusian Egor Gerasimov. Thiem will probably not care, the main thing is that the end result is a positive result from an Austrian perspective.
Thiem is warned
Thiem knows from his own experience that a clear starting situation does not necessarily lead to a favorite win. Almost two years ago, he succumbed to the amazing Tennys Sandgren, who also left a fragrance brand in 2020 with the success against Matteo Berrettini. And if it had to be remembered, Tommy Paul was so free: The American defeated Grigor Dimitrov in the tiebreak of the fifth set on Wednesday in a thriller. And that after the Bulgarian had already served on the match.
Dominic Thiem will therefore be warned - which also applies to potential third-round opponents if successful. Because that is determined in the match between Kevin Anderson and Taylor Fritz. Historically, Anderson is a thorn in the flesh of the Austrian, Fritz has increased significantly again last year - and defeated Thiem at the Laver Cup in Geneva. First of all, Austria's number one game is against Alex Bolt.
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