Generali Austrian Pro Series, day 2: Thiem struggled against number 801 in the world, old master Melzer in quick succession
Dominic Thiem took his second victory in the Generali Austrian Pro Series , but had to make up one set gap against number 801 in the world, Sandro Kopp. Jurij Rodionov and Jürgen Melzer were also successful. Friday continues at 10 a.m., all games are available in the livestream on tennisnet.com .
by Florian Goosmann
last edit: May 28, 2020, 09:58 pm
In the morning, the two youngsters Jurij Rodionov (ATP No. 166) and Lenny Hampel (ATP No. 715) were deployed. Rodionov was already under pressure after his surprising defeat against Jürgen Melzer on Wednesday, but withstood it despite a break in set two: 7: 6 (7), 0: 6 and 6: 4 was the end result for the 21-year-old , which made up a 2: 4 deficit in the decision set. Both Rodionov and Hampel therefore have one win and one defeat.
Dominic Thiem (ATP No. 3) had to wait until the early evening hours before the weather conditions allowed competition tennis again. Against Sandro Kopp (ATP No. 801) Thiem had an apparently easy match on paper, but Kopp showed little respect for the Australian Open finalists. Thiem made many mistakes without need in windy conditions, Kopp came early for a break and played very patiently, especially from the defensive. Even though Thiem quickly equalized and was close to winning the set at 5: 4 and 3:30 p.m., it was again Kopp who kept his nerve, waited patiently, then again benefited from Lichtenwörther's mistakes and snapped the first set. Thiem also had to fend off a breakball at the start of the second round, but managed to make it 3-1 and then played the match home with confidence. He is currently first in Group A.
After that, veteran Jürgen Melzer (39 years) put his young opponent Marko Andrejic (17 years) in his place - 6: 1, 6: 1 for the former number 8 in the tennis world. Melzer excelled in particular with fine net actions, he now has two wins from two matches and leads Group B with it.
The schedule for Friday
From 10 a.m. on Friday, Lucas Miedler and Sandro Kopp will face each other. Then in the first game from group C Sam Weissborn meets Lukas Neumayer. From 2 p.m. Jürgen Melzer will play against Lenny Hampel, followed by Jurij Rodionov against Marko Andrejic. Then comes the catch-up game on Thursday between David Pichler and Lucas Miedler, who has to do it for the second time on Friday. All matches are shown in the stream on tennisnet.com .