“Of course I am disappointed, but at the same time I am also proud” «kleinezeitung.at

Also in his second final at the prestigious ATP Finals in London he has to Dominic Thiem it didn’t work out with the win. This year’s US Open winner missed his second major title on Sunday against a strong one Daniil Medvedev. The Russian defeated Thiem after 2:42 hours with 4: 6.7: 6 (2), 6: 4. Thiem and himself took world numbers 1 and 2 during the tournament, Novak Djokovic Y Rafael Nadal, defeated, Medvedev now also number 3.

Thiem takes 800 ATP meters and 861,000 gross London dollars. Like the year before, he ended his season with a great performance in London, but with another defeat in the final. The expected first Masters victory for an Austrian had to be postponed. Thiem now has 17 tournament wins and 11 tour finals. The 2021 season is scheduled to begin with the ATP Cup in Australia, but there are still question marks due to the coronavirus pandemic.

“Of course I am disappointed, but at the same time I am proud of the performances throughout the week.“Summed up Thiem at the award ceremony.” Daniil really deserved it, a great match. Congratulations, you had a great November with the titles at Paris-Bercy and here. I hope we have many more matches ahead of us. It was a pleasure for me today, even if I lost“The 27-year-old from Lower Austria told the Russian who was three years his junior.

Dominic Thiem missed his second major title after his first Grand Slam title at the US Open in the ATP Finals.

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The world number three, who had previously defeated world numbers one and two, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, was defeated by Russian Daniil Medvedev after 2:42 hours with 6: 4.6: 7 (2), 4: 6.

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Thiem takes 800 ATP meters and 861,000 gross London dollars.

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Thiem thanked his team with the coach Nicolas massu, Physio Alex Stober and manager Herwig Strakathat “is even more important without fans.” “We had an amazing year, you took good care of me in all the ‘bubbles’.”

Medvedev, who was eliminated with three losses in his last debut last year, is now even the undefeated champion. Receive 1,500 points and $ 1.56 million for this. “What a match, it was one of my biggest wins“said the brilliant Medvedev, who was still using his cell phone to write messages on the players bench before the award ceremony.”I congratulate you, Domi, for all the things you have already accomplished. Your name is already in the tennis history books“Medvedev sprinkled roses for the Austrian.

Medvedev was particularly pleased to have closed the Russian circle at the London headquarters. 2009 had Nikolai Davidenko He won the first edition in the mighty O2 arena, Medvedev won the last before moving to Turin. “Many thanks to Nikolaj Davidenko, who was an inspiration to me and many other children.“Medvedev said.

The game was high-class from the beginning and was characterized by long background duels. Thiem already had to defend himself from two breakballs in the second game, but it was he who was the first to manage to take the opponent’s serve. With 2: 2, the Russian was already 40: 0, but Thiem turned the first break that was decisive for the set. He was lucky with his first set ball, when Medvedev was clearly on the trigger, but a roller from Thiem’s ​​net decided the set.

23.05.2015 – Nice: Thiem’s ​​first international triumph. At the age of 21 he defeated Argentine Leonardo Mayer in three sets in a close match.

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07.26.2015 – Umag: Acquired a taste. With Portuguese Joao Sousa, Thiem has an easy game in two sentences this time.

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02.08.2015 – Gstaad: The third trick. In Switzerland, Theim didn’t give Belgian David Goffin a chance in straight sets.

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02/14/2016 – Buenos Aires: New year New luck. Spaniard Nicolás Almagro gave Thiem a tough fight in three sets, finally Wiener Neustädter was able to celebrate their fourth title.

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02/28/2016 – Acapulco: Just two weeks later, Thiem landed his first shot in the sand. Australian Bernard Tomic looked through his fingers in three sentences.

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05.21.2016 – Nice: The second trick in Nice, the fifth on clay. Germany’s Alexander Zverev had to admit defeat in three sets.

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13.06.2016 – Stuttgart: Thiem made history in Stuttgart and was the first and last Austrian to win an ATP title on grass. In three sentences he missed the victory at home to his German opponent Philipp Kohlschreiber.

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February 26, 2017 – Rio de Janeiro: In Brazil, Thiem again showed his strength on clay and defeated Spanish Pablo Carreño Busta in straight sets. It should be his last title in 2017.

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18.02.2018 – Buenos Aires: A year later, Thiem was back in South America and was able to triumph in the Argentine capital for the second time in his career. The Slovenian Aljaz Bedene did not have a chance in two sets.

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May 26, 2018 – Lyon: Thiem prefers to win in France. In Lyon he won his third title in the Grande Nation and defeated a Frenchman – Gilles Simon had to admit defeat after three sets.

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23.09.2018 – Saint Petersburg: In the halls of St. Petersburg the Austrian achieved his second success on hard court. Slovak Martin Klizan fell behind by two sentences.

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17.03.2019 – Indian Wells: Probably Thiem’s ​​greatest triumph! In the USA, Lower Austria defeated tennis legend Roger Federer in three sets and won their first Masters title.

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04.28.2019 – Barcelona: Back in the arena, Thiem knocked out Russian Daniil Medwedew in straight sets.

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03.08.2019 – Kitzbühel: At the age of 25 he won his first title on Austrian soil against Spaniard Albert Ramos, and also his tenth on clay. It was the fourteenth title of his career.

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6.10.2019 – Beijing: The Austrian won the ATP 500 tournament in Beijing with a 3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 1 victory over the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas and thus celebrated his fourth victory this year.

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27.10.2019 – Vienna: With a 3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3 victory over Argentine Diego Schwartzman, Thiem won the title at his local tournament in Vienna (ATP 500) and celebrated his fifth victory this year.

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09/13/2020 – US Open in New York: With a 2: 6, 4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3, 7: 6 victory over German Alexander Zverev, Thiem wins his first Grand Slam tournament and fulfills his great dream.

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In the second set, Thiem initially missed a break ball at 2: 2 before Medvedev served in this highly competitive game. Even in the seventh game at 3: 3, Thiem had two unused break balls before having to defend against one for the first time at 3: 4. He then went to the tie-break with no further chances for setbacks. Thiem took a 2-0 lead in this, but Medvedev took off and scored seven points en suite to even the set after 1:50 hours.

In the third game of the third round, Thiem defended himself from three breakballs of the fourth in the world rankings at 0:40. Thiem, who also had too many flaws, got into trouble in the next service game and also looked tired and lost. “What should I play for points?” asked the one from Lower Austria. Mewedew then used his sixth break ball in this set to make it 3: 2 and immediately increased to 4: 2. Medvedev stayed calm, raised to 5-3 and used his first match point to win. He beat numbers 1 to 3 in this tournament.

Melzer missed double titles

Jurgen Melzer and his french partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin lost the final at the $ 5.7 million ATP Finals in London. The surprise finalists lost to the Dutch-Croatian couple Wesley Koolhof / Nikola Mektic at 2: 6.6: 3.5: 10. That meant nothing came of the first double win at the Masters for an Austrian. 2007 also had Julian Knowle (at that time with Simon Aspelin/ SWE) reached the final.

Melzer hangs up his racket almost completely after the Australian Open in late January, may still be playing a pleasure project at the French Open and Wimbledon. It’s no harder for him to quit, despite his still good form. “He knew he could play one more year. For me, the opportunity to do this job just dominated and therefore I have no regrets.“

In the end, accepting ÖTV’s role as sports director was also a decision for his family. The father of a son with a former swim star Fabienne Melzer-Nadarajah you are married, you expect to spend a lot of time at home. For an ambitious career year, you need to be on the road for 30 weeks out of the year. “I’m turning 40 next year, at some point it was good too, I’ve been doing it for 21 years.“