US Open 2020: Thiem vs. Zverev

Dominic Thiem and Alexander Zverev they meet for the tenth time in the final of the US Open. In the internal balance, the Austrian is ahead with victories 7-2.

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Nine matches against each other in the last five years; actually, that’s not much for two players who consistently rank in the top ten professionals in the world. On the other hand: after Dominic Thiem and Alexander Zverev only have a few players in front of them in the ATP world rankings, the possibility of a match generally only exists in the later rounds. Like now in New York City, where the two play their third final against each other. For the first time Thiem and Zverev were seeking the title at Nice 2016, the German had left a lot of strength on the way to the final, one marathon after another. Towards the end of the second set, Zverev had a nosebleed, Thiem let nothing burn and defended the title he had won the year before against Leonardo Mayer.

Two years later, before the final in Madrid, the signs were once again of Thiem’s ​​victory, having defeated Rafael Nadal in a fantastic tennis match in the semifinals. Zverev was the right sausage, the Hamburg native dictating with his serve, he played more aggressively than probably in any other game against Thiem. And he denied his friend the first victory in an ATP Masters 1000 tournament. For Zverev, Madrid was already third in this category after Rome and Montreal in 2017, and Thiem was able to write to Indian Wells for the first time in 2019.

Thiem beat Zverev in London and Melbourne

The two most recent games took place in the semi-finals: First in 2019 at the ATP Finals in London. On a surface that, according to Dominic Thiem, is less likely than Alexander Zverev. The very clear result of 7: 5 and 6: 3 in favor of the 27-year-old from Lichtenwörth does not reflect the course of the game, at least in the first set, until an inexplicable crushing error by Zverev, the match was extremely balanced. .

As the last benchmark variable, the Australian Open semi-finals in early 2020. Thiem lost the first set, then showed great nervous strength in sets three and four in the tiebreakers. But the stakes have never been higher than on Sunday today, when Thiem and Zverev arrive at Arthur Ashe Stadium at 4pm local time (10pm CEST, live on Eurosport, in Austria on ServusTV and on our ticker Live). After all: Dominic Thiem can now call on experience in the grand finals. Even if these were not known to be positive.

Here all the matches between Dominic Thiem and Alexander Zverev

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