French Open live: Dominic Thiem gegen Hugo Gaston

Thiem follows suit and serves here again with confidence. With the next ace, the fifth in this game, fix the 2: 2.

The French start well, but Thiem is stubborn again. Gaston has to do a lot of meters here, Thiem seems very focused. However, there is no possibility of break, Gaston mainly shows his feeling for stop balls.

He doesn’t win to zero, but he hardly has any problems. Push Gaston behind the baseline, left to right.

New phrase, new luck. And Gaston does the same with aplomb, wins the game of service to zero.

Gaston remains in prayer for the moment, brings his own service set. Thiem is now serving the set win.

We will see in a moment. In any case, Gaston does not make it easy for him, assures the first point – 0:15. A good rally, but Thiem turns it off – 0:30. Fortunately for the Austrian, you can rely on their service: 15:30. Gaston has a long way to go, Strong Thiem – 30:30. And then another strong service: 40:30. And in the end there are 5: 3.

Game serve Gaston: And Thiem is lucky with the net, the ball lands just behind 0:15. Soon after, Gaston hit the network at 3:30 pm And the next attack also ends up on the network. 15:40. Thiem seeks rest. And get it too. The break doesn’t seem to have done Gaston any good.

Keep going. Gaston stubbornly, but Thiem always with a strong first serve. Another good stop and the 3: 3 is fixed.

Then the two players are back on the field. Then we can start over immediately.

Short break because it’s raining. The roof is closed.

While Thiem previously acted with confidence, Gaston is now struggling with his own serve. Thiem is already unpacking good hits here. There are even the first break balls for the Austrian. But Gaston defends himself from the first with a good save, the second gets stuck in the net.

And then Thiem does magic, he also unpacks a ball through the legs. He seems to be warmed up now, but misses the next chance to rest. In the end, Gaston somehow managed his game.

This time much safer than the first service game. At 30-0 with a nice stop-ball. And with ace number three he wins the game.

The Frenchman starts well and is 30: 0 ahead. Thiem remains persistent and fights for 30:30. Gaston drives the service game at the end.

A punch in the net – 0:15
Heavy Duty – 15:15
Thiem double fault – 15:30
Gaston Strikes, Thiem’s ​​Segment Enters the Net – 3:40 PM
Thiem with an ace – 30:40
Gaston gets a nice return from Thiem 40:40
Thiem with good length on the shots – advantage
Strong serve again – game win

He makes his first service game with relative confidence.

We started in the first set and in the match.

Thiem and Gaston are just getting started, so it can only be a matter of minutes.

So far, Jürgen Melzer has also been to the French Open, at least so far. Alongside his French doubles partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin, Melzer lost in the round of 16 against seeded duo Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah of Colombia 6: 4.6: 7 (3), 6: 7 (3) .

The seed number three, Elina Switolina, just beat Caroline Garcia 6: 1 and 6: 3 in two sets. This leaves room for Dominic Thiem’s ​​long-awaited round of 16 match from an Austrian perspective.

Note in the margin: His friend and last opponent at the US Open, Alexander Zverev, just retired. He was defeated by Italian Jannik Sinner in four sets.