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ALEXANDER Zverev has paid the price for a trio of French Open marathons, succumbing to fatigue, injury and merciless Dominic Thiem in a lopsided quarter-final. The second seed’s bid for history ended with a crushing 6-4 6-2 6-1 defeat to Austrian seventh seed Thiem, a pitiless competitor. Zverev had clung to hopes of a maiden […]
DOMINIC Thiem followed up his sensational victory over world number one Rafael Nadal by easing past Kevin Anderson 6-4, 6-2 on Saturday to reach the Madrid Masters final. The fifth-seeded Austrian, who ended Nadal’s 21-match and 50-set winning streak on clay Friday, needed 85 minutes to dispose of his South African opponent, seeded sixth. Thiem, […]
Nadal is looking unbeatable on clay once again this week having dispatched Gael Monfils and Diego Schwartzman in straight sets. Neither of his opponents so far had done much wrong in their matches, but the Spaniard took advantage of every opportunity presented to him. But he faces a much tougher test today in 24-year-old Thiem, […]
What all four players have in common is that they can pull of a one-handed backhand and they have been compared ahead of the Indian Masters. During Thiem’s interview with Tennis Net he was asked if he would consider creating a musical group with his fellow professionals called the Backhand Boys. But the Austrian laughed […]
GETTY Grigor Dimitrov vs Dominic Thiem LIVE from the O2 Arena Dimtirov has never played at the ATP World Tour Finals, having reached his career-high ranking of No 6 earlier this month. The Bulgarian is in the form of his life having captured three titles in 2017 and also made a run to the semi-final […]
After a delay of over an hour, the draw for the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals, which begins on 12-19 November at The O2 in London, finally took place and it set up a series of mouthwatering matches. World No 1 Rafael Nadal will play Dominic Thiem and David Goffin but his toughest match is […]
But the manner in which Dominic Thiem broke him in the second set was a measure of just how emphatic his 7-6, 6-3, 6-0 victory over the defending champion was. **NOVAK DJOKOVIC ACCUSED OF “TANKING” IN FRENCH OPEN QUARTER-FINAL** The Austrian reached the semi-final this time last year, too, but toppling Djokovic in just 2hr […]
