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Cilic arrives for once at 30:30, but with two strong serves, Thiem finally wins the game with ease.

Cilic wins his first game of the second set! From his point of view, it goes from 1: 4 to zero.

Right Thiems works great! The Austrian beats three winners on this side in this match alone and goes up to 4-0 without a hitch.

Cilic reacts to Thiem’s ​​gala performance and makes mistake after mistake. The Austrian reaches two break balls and transforms the first: a sensational pass with the backhand!

Thiem is so far at least one class better than Cilic and confirms it in the second game of the second set. The 27-year-old serves well and plays an AMAZING backhand to win the game.

Cilic takes a 30-0 lead, but then loses four points in a row and has to run after another break. It looks good for Dominic Thiem!

Cilic, on the other hand, makes too many unforced errors (13). Especially from the right-hand side, nothing works at all for the 31-year-old. Thiem, however, returns well and plays almost without problems; only two unforced Errors support this impression.

His colleague Michael Rothschädl described Marin Cilic in his previous draw as the “difficult in the third round”. So far there is not much to see. Thiem dominates the game at will.

Powerful. This is how Alexander Antonitsch describes the Austrian’s blows. That hits him pretty good: forehand whip, forehand whip, backhand whip. This is how Thiem gets three set balls, and the first one sits right away!

With a good forehand, Thiem gets 30:30, Cilic hits again from this side shortly after. Breakball again for world number three. And it fits! Cilic places, how could it be otherwise, a forehand to the side of the line.

Thiem has acted completely safe with his own service. Until now, the Austrian has been too powerful, too dominant.

After Cilic had already turned down the opportunity to break a good serve, another service winner follows. And another good point from the Croatian: 2: 3 from his point of view!

Cilic is already a little pissed off because his right hand has not yet reached Arthur Ashe Stadium: 0:30. With a powerful point and a good serve, the Croatian arrives at 30:30, but fails at the net a little later – break for Thiem. The Lichtenwörther leaves that out.

In this game, Cilic again scatters enormously from the right-hand side, but not Thiem. With a good winner, the Austrian gets two game balls, the first of which sits thanks to a service winner.

Cilic finds his right hand in this game, beats two winners worth watching, and can book his first win of the night at 30.

Thiem serves well, but is currently making a lot of mistakes from the Croatian. At 15 it is 2-0.

Thiem is right in the game, Cilic less so. The Austrian reaches three break balls. The Croat defends himself from the first with a good serve, with the second Thiem puts a backhand on the side of the line. But opportunity number three fits, Cilic misses a forehand – dream start!

Begins. Marin Cilic serves first. Have fun!

… for sure: Felix Auger-Aliassime awaits Thiem or Cilic in the round of 16. The Canadian easily outpointed Corentin Moutet today and showed an impressive performance.

… the two protagonists continue to fight at Arthur Ashe Stadium. But in two minutes you can start.

“I had problems last week, but I managed to change course. Today I am playing against one of the best players of the last decade. I will try to play at my highest level.”

“He has improved a lot on the hard court. I have to play at my top level to have a chance.”

… leads Thiem 2-0. By the way, both matches took place on hard courts (Brisbane 2016, Montreal 2019).

… has yet to lose a set at the US Open. The Lichtenwörther was still not really convincing: Thiems’s game was partly too passive and partly too error-prone. The Austrians probably won’t be able to afford it today.

… at the US Open, Cilic had to fight a lot more than Thiem so far. In the first round, the Croatian was already 0-2 sets and 3: 5 behind before beating Denis Kudla in five more rounds. In the second round, Cilic won in four tight sets against Norbert Gombos.

… but Cilic runs after his best form. The 31-year-old is only 38th in the world rankings.

… the first really big challenge awaits today. With Marin Cilic, the Austrian faces a former US Open winner: the Croatian triumphed in New York six years ago.

… the abrupt end of Cornet vs. Keys: it will probably be a few minutes before Thiem and Cilic enter the square. Of course, we will be there and provide you with information about the game until then.

So in the end it was faster than expected. Madison Keys has to surrender to Alize Cornet at 6: 7 (4) and 2: 3. So Dominic Thiem and Marin Cilic will soon do the honors.