Thiem's 7: Second semi-final on Saturday from 12 noon, then final
The weather today was the big spoiler for the second semi-final game of THIEMs7 between Matteo Berrettini and Andrey Rublev. After the match had to be interrupted three times due to repeated rain, it was finally decided at 9:00 p.m. to postpone the continuation at booths 6: 4 and 2: 1 for Rublev to tomorrow, 12:00 p.m.
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last edit: Jul 10, 2020, 09:21 pm
In the first semi-final of the day and still in sunshine and high heat, host Dominic Thiem fought against Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut in a game with some ups and downs with 6: 7 (5) 6: 2 6: 2 in the final of the THIEMs7: " The final was a big goal. Today was a difficult game - two and a half hours in high heat and against this difficult opponent were tough, ”said Thiem.
Anna Veith and Nici Schmidhofer as onlookers
Dominic Thiem was cheered on by two prominent athletes in his final against Roberto Bautista Agut today. World champions Anna Veith and Nici Schmidhofer are known to be big tennis and Dominic Thiem fans and were impressed by Thiem's game: “The game was incredibly good. Maintaining this mental strength for several hours impresses me a lot, "says Nici Schmidhofer.
Sebastian Ofner wins the Austrian Young Guns
A tournament winner is already certain before tomorrow's final: Sebastian Ofner wins the title at the side tournament of the Austrian Young Guns. Ofner wins all four of his games and is therefore ahead of Tyrolean Alexander Erler, Lucas Miedler and Jurij Rodionov. A total of € 20,000 in prize money will be distributed to the Young Guns.