Thiem in Doha against Herbert, Berdych calls for Kohlschreiber
Difficult tasks for Dominic Thiem and Philipp Kohlschreiber at the ATP Tour 250 tournament in Doha: The Austrian opens against Pierre-Hugues Herbert, Kohlschreiber against comebacker Tomas Berdych.
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Dec 29, 2018, 06:08 pm
The draw for the ATP Tour 250 tournament in Doha already resulted in several interesting pairings in round one: title favorite Novak Djokovic meets Damir Dzumhur. The Bosnian had the sensation against Alexander Zverev on the racket in the past season in Paris, but had to surrender to the German number one in five sets. It goes without saying that Djokovic, who will compete in a double with brother Marko, will be the big favorite in the game.
Dominic Thiem, who is number two behind the Serb, faces Pierre-Hugues Herbert. So far there has been a match between these two players, 2017 in Rotterdam in the hall. There the Frenchman prevailed against a slightly injured Thiem with 6: 4 and 7: 6 (3). Herbert, like the Austrian, reached the ATP final in London in 2018, but alongside Nicolas Mahut. With which he advanced to the final.
Kohlschreiber in the veteran duel
Should Thiem prevail, the winner of the game between Peter Gojowczyk and a qualifier or Lucky Loser is waiting in round two,
Philipp Kohlschreiber was also not given an easy task: It is against returnees Tomas Berdych. The two veterans have played against each other ten times, Berdych leads with 8: 2 victories. The last game went to Philipp Kohlschreiber in 2016, however, when the Czech had to give up after two lost sets in the Davis Cup encounter in Hanover.
The first round game between Karen Khachanov and Stan Wawrinka also deserves attention: the latter wants to launch another major attack on the world leaders, the Russian, on the other hand, ended 2018 with his biggest career success in Paris-Bercy.