2023-04-20 17:46:22
Dominic Thiem has to go into extra time in his round of 16 match against Swiss Marc-Andrea Hüsler at the ATP 250 tennis tournament in Munich. The game was stopped on Thursday evening when the score was 5:7,3:3 because it was getting dark and will be continued on Friday morning (2nd game after 11:00 a.m.).
Thiem continues with a deficit because, despite a largely good performance, he did not reward himself in crucial situations and, among other things, was unable to use five breakballs. Against the 1.96 m tall left-hander, he missed three breakballs in the first set when the score was 3:2 and faltered in the finish. After three double errors, the Lower Austrian gave up his service game to make it 5: 6 and missed chances for a possible rebreak with unforced errors.
In the second set, Thiem started strongly with almost wintry temperatures and was able to defeat the world number 63. but again didn’t use two breakballs to lead 2-0. After six games and a good hour and a half of playing time, the game was finally cancelled. A mammoth program could await the 29-year-old on Friday. The winner of the game Thiem against Hüsler does not meet the American Taylor Fritz, seeded number two, in the quarter-finals until 2 p.m. The tenth in the world rankings defeated Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics 4:6.6:3.6:3.
Olympic champion Alexander Zverev had nothing to celebrate on his 26th birthday. The German lost to the Australian Christopher O’Connell 6:7(2),4:6 in the round of 16 and then explained his problems at home tournaments. “In the last few years I’ve had a hard time coping with the pressure of playing in Germany. I’m incredibly nervous. In matches I don’t show anywhere near the level that I show in training,” said the native of Hamburg self-critically.
In doubles, Vorarlberg’s Philipp Oswald is in the semifinals with his Dutch partner Robin Haase. The duo defeated Christopher O’Connell/Albano Olivetti (AUS/FRA) 6:4,7:5.
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