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Dominic Thiem have their third group match at the 2020 ATP Finals at London’s O2 Arena with 2: 6 and 5: 7 against Andrey Rublev lost. However, the Austrian’s entry into the semifinals was already secure before the game. (Here you can read the live ticker of the game).
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Last edit: November 19, 2020, 4:51 pm
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25 minutes had been played when the score at the O2 Arena in London showed a 6-2 in favor of Andrey Rublev. Impressive: The Russian, a five-time winner of the tournament on the ATP Tour in 2020, had scored eleven direct points at this point. And he didn’t make a single little mistake. In any case, Thiem did not enter the match at all and lost his first two service games. And the second round didn’t start much better either: Rublev made it 2-1 at the early break.
Rublev, who had given up match point with a double fault in his encounter with Stefanos Tsitsipas, served in Thursday’s opener as a piece. Until the eighth game of the second set. Since the Russian dropped two game balls, Thiem literally struck the balance. But he didn’t spoil, he returned the favor in 5: 5, his service game after a 40: 0. Rublev kept his nerves this time, making clear his first ATP Finals victory after a playing time of 74 minutes.
In the end, there were 26 wins at Rublev, 16 at Thiem. Unforced errors were also in Rublev’s favor at 9:15.
Nadal against Tsitsipas for the semifinals
For Thiem, the defeat by the London tournament has no consequences. Except that the world number three lost 200 points on the ATP charts and an additional prize of 153,000 US dollars. Thiem had already reached the semifinals on Saturday with his successes against Stefanos Tsitsipas and Rafael Nadal.
Exactly between these two players it will be decided from 9:00 pm today who will succeed Thiem in the semifinals. And who meets Daniil Medvedev with him. Thiem’s chance to reach second place in the world rankings for the first time has been gone with bankruptcy against Rublev.
Here you can read the live ticker of the match between Thiem and Rublev
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