Generali Austrian Pro Series: Dominic Thiem turns game against Sandro Kopp
Dominic Thiem struggled through his second match at the Generali Austrian Pro Series and claimed the second victory. Here you can read the match in the live ticker!
by Florian Goosmann
last edit: May 28, 2020, 07:43 pm
And the world ranking third had to fight mightily against Sandro Kopp, number 801 in the ATP ranking. In the end it was 5: 7, 6: 3 and 6: 0 for the tournament favorite.
Kopp started the match much better and already had a breakball at 1-1, then two games later he succeeded. But Thiem immediately compensated. At 5: 4, the Lichtenwörther then had a 15:30 bright spot when serving his 19-year-old opponent, who showed a lot of patience on the defensive, especially at 30:30, and forced Thiem to make one of the many mistakes without need in round one. Which then led him to a 5: 7 loss of set.
Kopp also had a break chance in set two, but Thiem fought back and made it 3-1, had the match under control from here and allowed Kopp only two games.
The game lasted 1 hour and 56 minutes in very windy and damp conditions. After his opening win against Lucas Miedler on Wednesday, Thiem has two wins; Kopp after his opening success over David Pichler in a 1-1 draw.
In the morning Jurij Rodionov had already won 7: 6 (7), 0: 6 and 6: 4 against Lenny Hampel. Afterwards, the weather puts a spanner in the works for the rest of the day.
In the evening Jürgen Melzer will play against Marko Andrejic and Lucas Miedler against David Pichler.