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Austrian tennis player Dominic Thiem’s journey to the US Open continues. The tournament’s No. 2 easily beat Indian Sumit Nagal in the second round and at the end of the game he seemed quite satisfied that he had planned the game well and thoroughly.
In the next match, the Austrian will meet a slam winner and a tennis player who, despite the recent sharp decline, has always been very difficult to hit, the Croatian Marin Cilic.
Dominic Thiem’s words after defeating Nagal
At the end of the game, Thiem commented on today’s win against Sumit Nagal: “I think overall it was a good game for both of us.
Today I played very well, I had a really good plan for the game. Nagal is very dangerous when he starts with the right and I have tried to avoid situations like this. He also has very fast footwork, he moves fast.
I tried to play my best tennis to keep him backhand and not make him play forehand. The plan worked and I did very well today. Marin Cilic? He is one of the great champions of the last decade, one of the few active tennis players who has won a Grand Slam tournament and, as everyone knows, played here in New York.
He has accomplished almost everything he can as a tennis player, winning a Grand Slam, winning Masters 1000 and playing two other Grand Slam finals. Without a doubt he is one of the best of the last decade, a great champion.
Of course he is not at the top of his game now, but in these tournaments he is always a very dangerous opponent. He’s not a third-round opponent, he’s a former champion and on a good day he can beat anyone.
It will be very difficult. “During the conference, Thiem recalled a great game he played here in New York, the quarterfinals, which he lost to Rafael Nadal at the US Open 2018.
In this context he commented: “I remember this match with great fondness. I think it’s one of the three best games I’ve ever played and there was a great atmosphere.
In the preliminary round I beat Kevin Anderson, a finalist here in New York in 2017, and did some great tennis. I was at that level even against Rafa and we played a crazy game for five hours.
I was disappointed that I was not victorious, but this challenge gave me a boost for the future and, shortly after playing well in the Davis Cup, I won St. Petersburg and qualified for the ATP Finals.
It’s definitely something I’ll remember and I love seeing the highlights or even the entire run of this game. I love reliving these feelings. It was my first night battle at Arthur Ashe and I think the confrontation will be remembered as incredible. ”
