Dominic Thiem went all the way down to Sebastian Korda of the US in three units within the semifinals of the European Open in Antwerp on Saturday.
Taking part in in his third semifinal of the season, former world no. 3 Thiem misplaced 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-7 (4) towards Korda in two hours 43 minutes within the pair’s first-ever assembly on tour.
The 29-year-old Austrian got here again from 2-4 down within the tiebreak to clinch the opening set. Nevertheless, Korda, who had completed as runner-up ultimately week’s Gijon Open, broke Thiem’s serve thrice to win the second set.
Within the deciding third set, Thiem made the primary transfer by breaking Korda within the seventh recreation to go 4-3 up however he didn't consolidate the benefit within the following recreation. Each gamers managed to carry their serve within the subsequent 4 video games, main to a different tiebreak. The 22-year-old American, similar to the opening set, had a 4-2 lead within the tiebreak however this time, he held his nerve and transformed his second match level when Thiem despatched a forehand volley vast.
Korda will face both Frenchman Richard Gasquet or Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime in what would be the 22-year-old American’s fourth profession tour-level ultimate and second in two weeks.
Thiem, who was seeking to attain his first tour-level ultimate for the reason that 2020 ATP Finals, returned to skilled tennis in March this 12 months after sitting out for 9 months as a result of a wrist damage sustained on the 2021 Mallorca Championships.
He misplaced to Argentine Pedro Cachin within the first spherical of a Challenger occasion in Marbella in his first match after getting back from the damage. Few days after the match, Thiem introduced that he had examined constructive for COVID-19.
He suffered six straight defeats on the primary tour together with a first-round exit at Roland Garros, the place he had beforehand reached the ultimate in 2018 and 2019, earlier than lastly rising victorious towards Finland’s Emil Ruusuvuori within the first spherical in Gstaad.
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Publish date: 2022-10-22 22:10:55
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