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Paris – Thursday, 09/24/2020, 7:02 p.m.
Dominic Thiem shouldn’t take any starting time at the French Open: Right at the start of the first round, the newly crowned Grand Slam winner has to deal with a man who can also be called that: Marin Cilic.
Lichtenwörther beat the Croatian in four sets en route to the US Open triumph in the third round, it was Thiem’s only lost set before the final. The 27-year-old leads 3-0 head-to-head, but all previous matches have been played on hard court.
This time there can be no dream final against Rafael Nadal: Thiem is in the middle of the Spanish grid, so the “King of Paris” would be a rival in the semifinals. In the “upper” half of the grid with seed Novak Djokovic is Daniil Medvedev at number four.
Dennis Novak also had a difficult draw. The 27-year-old from Lower Austria faces German US Open finalist number six Alexander Zverev on Nadal’s fourth grid.
Before the Paris draw, the withdrawal of registrations of Milos Raonic (CAN), Kyle Edmund (GBR) and Fernando Verdasco (ESP) was known. There are 19 qualifiers for the men, including the winner of Sebastian Ofner against Jurij Rodionov. Belinda Bencic (SUI) retired in the female category.
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