Thiem continues his triumphant march at the French Open

After 2:06 hours, the Austrian tennis superstar is behind him.

Now is the opportunity. He played 2:05 hours.

Cilic benefits from a seat Thiem sold on the net.

Cilic can reduce it to 3: 5. Thiem serves to win the match.

So now Thiem only needs one game to start victoriously the 2020 French Open.

Thiem with the preliminary decision, again from the anguish comes the decisive blow, which means the 4: 2.

Thiem unpacks three backhand longlines in this game. The opportunity to break up is there.

Thiem leads again. With a kick serve he prepares the decisive point, Cilic has to evade far to the outside, Thiem makes perfect use of free space.

… Cilic makes unforced mistakes on this day. That is usually not enough against Thiem.

Thiem can use the second break ball. Your opponent puts a volley at the net clearly out of bounds.

Cilic rejects it, again with a good stop ball.

Now a sovereign service set from Thiem. It seems to have returned.

Cilic confirms the break. Thiem has a little problem with his game.

The third set begins with a clear break for the Croatian.

Cilic somehow defends himself in this service game, but Thiem doesn’t leave the second-set ball unchanged. With a crispy back, very pretty.

Cilic saves the ball from the first set with a moving save.

… the birthday boy does not have access to the game. Thiem has full control over the game here.

… The ending is long, but it could look like this for Thiem:

In this game, the few spectators on Philippe Chatrier’s court see two stop balls. There is a difference: Thiem’s ​​ends up on the field, while Cilic’s doesn’t. Especially because of this, Thiem makes it 4-2 without problems.

Cilic has completely lost the thread, his counterpart has three break balls. The Croatian returns, however, and secures this match with five consecutive points.