ATP Finals: Daniil Medvedev beats Dominic Thiem in three sets to lift title
Tennis | November 23, 2020 8:38 ISTNo. 4 Daniil Medvedev became the first player to defeat each of the men ranked 1-3 in the season-ending championship.
No. 4 Daniil Medvedev became the first player to defeat each of the men ranked 1-3 in the season-ending championship.
Thiem ended Djokovic’s bid for a record-tying sixth ATP Finals trophy, while Medvedev prevented Nadal from continuing to pursue the most significant title the 20-time major champ hasn’t won.
Thiem could have closed things more than an hour earlier, but he frittered away four match points in the second-set tiebreaker, including one by double-faulting.
Thiem now leads the Group London 2020 2-0.
The US Open champion beat the 20-time Grand Slam champion in straight sets on Tuesday for a second win at the ATP Finals.
The Austrian tennis player, who is ranked No. 3 in the world, won 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-3 against the world No. 6.
Rafael Nadal and Dominic Thiem can set up yet another French Open meeting with victories on Tuesday, only this time they would face each other in the semifinals instead of the final
Dominic Thiem outperforms Casper Ruud in straight sets 6-4, 6-3, 6-1 in the third round under the new roof on Court Philippe Chatrier.
Simona Halep and Amanda Anisimova will play each other at Court Philippe Chatrier in a third-round rematch of their French Open quarterfinal of a year ago. Anisimova, then just 17, won that one to reach her first Grand Slam semifinal.
The third-seeded Austrian won his first major tournament at Flushing Meadows two weeks ago and is among the favorites again at Roland Garros after losing the past two finals to Rafael Nadal.
Thiem defeated 21st seed de Minaur 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 to become the first Austrian ever to reach the last four at the Flushing Meadows.
Thiem hit 18 winners, committed just four unforced errors and broke serve four times on seven opportunities in the first two sets.
Dominic Thiem beat Sumit Nagal in straight sets to advance to the third round of US Open.
Dominic Thiem defeated Matteo Berrettini 6-7 (4) 6-4, 10-8 in the men’s final of a grass-court exhibition tournament on Wednesday.
Edberg said that Austrian Dominic Thiem is a player he feels is closest among the younger generation of men's tennis players who can match up to the incredible career stats of Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.
The US Open is set to be held from August 31 to September 13 amid a slew of restrictions on player movements and the number of people that accompany them to the venue and on court.
Thiem was among the participants and had in fact won the first leg of the Adria Tour in Belgrade, and was lucky to not have contracted the virus.
Thiem defeated Filip Krajinovic 4-3 (7-2), 2-4, 4-2 to win the first leg of Adria Tour tennis tournament held in Serbia.
Austrian world no.3 Dominic Thiem and Bulgarian world no.19 Grigor Dimitrov have thus far confirmed their participation.
The seventh annual Wings for Life World Run was held on Sunday, and over 77,000 people from 104 countries participated worldwide to achieve what had seemed impossible in the current situation.
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