Dominic Thiem at the French Open - the constant way up
Dominic Thiem has been in men's singles at the French Open since 2014. The balance shows: The Austrian number one has always posted at least the result of the previous year.
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last edit: May 23, 2019, 03:09 pm
Dominic Thiem celebrated the opening win against Paul-Henri Mathieu in 2014 - and then met Rafael Nadal and Court Philippe Chatrier. At first it remained a fleeting one.
2015 was a rather short pleasure: after the opening success of Thiem against Aljaz Bedene , Pablo Cuevas used the yet immature backhand returns of the Austrian on narrow Court 3, felt like he fended off 162 break balls and prevailed in four sets.
Dominic Thiem in the semifinals for the first time in 2016
2016 the first entry into the semi-finals - and the way was paved with Spaniards: Inigo Cervantes, Guillermo Garcia Lopez and Marcel Granollers, in between round three Alexander Zverev. In the quarter-finals then Spitz on button against David Goffin, in the round of the last four Novak Djokovic was one size too big.
So in 2017 the next attack on the big goal: To anticipate it - Dominic Thiem did not make a sentence until the semi-finals. Bernard Tomic waited for the start, followed by Simone Bolelli and Steve Johnson. In round four, David Goffin was actually notified, but injured against Horacio Zeballos. The Argentine was then without order against Thiem as in the quarterfinals Novak Djokovic. In the final round, however, the boss personally put an end to Thiem's journey: Rafael Nadal.
In 2018 Thiem loses the final
Finally in 2018 the next step: first participation in a final. It started with a win against Ilya Ivashka, Stefanos Tsitsipas was the expected heavy chunk in round two, for Matteo Berrettini Thiem rightly had a lot of praise after the match. The first set against Kei Nishikori in the round of 16 was from another tennis star, Alexander Zverev could not keep up physically in the quarter-finals. Dominic ended Marco Cecchinato's run in the semi-final before Rafael Nadal was too strong in the last men's match in Roland Garros to date.