Dominic Thiem was knocked out of the ATP250 occasion in Bastad, Sweden on Friday after a three-set loss to Sebastian Baez within the quaarterfinal.
Eighth-seeded Argentine Baez took the opening set 6-2 in 39 minutes. Former US Open champion Thiem, enjoying his first quarterfinal conflict since 2021 Madrid Masters, made the primary transfer within the second set by breaking Baez’s serve within the fifth recreation to steer 3-2. Nonetheless, the Austrian’s benefit didn't final lengthy as he failed to carry his personal serve within the subsequent recreation.
Serving to remain within the match at 5-4, Thiem was compelled to save lots of a match level at 30-40. The second level was ultimately determined by a tiebreak. Down 1-3, the 28-year-old Austrian took six of the following eight factors to win the tiebreak 7-5 and drive a deciding third recreation.
Within the closing set, Baez moved forward by breaking Thiem within the fifth recreation earlier than managing to serve for the match at 5-4.
Baez will face both Serbia’s Laslo Djere or second-seeded Russian Andrey Rublev within the semifinal.
World quantity 339 Thiem, who had reached a career-high rating of three in March 2020, returned to skilled tennis in March this yr after sitting out for 9 months on account of a wrist harm sustained on the 2021 Mallorca Championships.
On Tuesday, he acquired his first-tour stage win in 426 days when he beat Finland’s Emil Ruusuvuori 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (5) within the opening spherical. Thiem adopted his win over Ruusuvuori with a 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-4 victory over fourth-seeded Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut within the spherical of 16 on Thursday.
