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The Austrian tennis star celebrated his next victory in the US Open quarterfinals and reached the semifinals in three sets. He is the first Austrian to do so.
Dominic Thiem continued his successful streak at the US Open in New York on Wednesday (local time): the 27-year-old bassist defeated Australian Alex de Miñaur, who was number 21, after 2:04 hours with 6: 1.6: 2.6 : 4 and is now in the semi-finals of the Tennis Grand Slam tournament in Flushing Meadows for the first time.
“It feels great, I’m happy. Great tennis too. Currently I’m swimming a bit in the wave of happiness,” Thiem said cheerfully to ServusTV. “It’s a great feeling to be in the semi-finals, especially after last week’s difficult phase in Cincinnati, which is very good for me.”
Tactically, he found the right combination of offense and defense. “If you do very little yourself, it comes immediately. What worked very well today was the cut, and that is also very important with regard to the next game,” analyzed the six-time Major semi-finalist.
Medvedev awaits in the semi-finals: “It will be a tough match”
Thiem will now face Russian and last year’s finalist Daniil Medvedev on Friday. Medvedev is third, making Thiem the top seed after the disqualification of top Serbian seed Novak Djokovic as number two. Thiem has played three times against the 24-year-old fifth of the world rankings, who has not made a set en route to the semi-finals (Thiem one), Thiem leads 2-1 in head-to-head. But the one from Lower Austria predicts: “It will be a very tough match against him.” The other semifinals on Friday will be contested by Alexander Zverev and Pablo Carreño-Busta from Spain. Defending champions Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer had decided not to participate in the US Open.
Thiem as the first Austrian in the US Open final
The Austrian tennis star has secured 720 ATP counters and a cash prize of US $ 800,000 gross (€ 679,520.94) with the semi-finals. Thiem is the first Austrian to do this. For the third in the world rankings, it is now the sixth Grand Slam semi-final. His main goal is the first Grand Slam title after three major finals so far. From an Austrian point of view, only Thomas Muster has done it at the 1995 French Open.
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