After three defeats without winning a set, , who is only in position 110 in the tennis world rankings, found his way to victory at the start of the qualification at the Masters 1000 event in Madrid. The man from Lichtenwörth defeated the Brazilian (No. 128) 6:2, 3:6, 7:5 and gained much-needed self-confidence. Thiem already had his back once morest the wall when the score was 3:5 in the third set, then he scored six points in a row – tantamount to turning things around. The trip goes on.
On Tuesday, the former US Open champion will fight for a place in the main draw once morest the Australian (No. 93), who has lost the most prominent name. The world number 1, (Srb), canceled. The Serb wants to report back to Rome at the beginning of May, it was said.
For (No. 117) it was the end of the first qualifying round – 3:6, 6:2, 2:6 once morest Monegasque (No. 131). (No. 45) will not face (Arg/No. 91) until Wednesday at the start of the main competition.
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Alexander Zambarloukos
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Alexander Zambarloukos
