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He will face Cristian Garin on Thursday, winner of three sets against the Swiss Stan Wawrinka. Thiem meets the Chilean for the first time, as was the case with Vitaly Satschko. In any case, the Ukrainian made sure in Vienna on Tuesday that the 1,000 spectators at the start of the “night session” got their money’s worth.
For Thiem, the situation became tighter at 6: 4.7: 5 than he would have liked. “In fact, I have trained well the last days, with very good opponents,” Thiem said that everything went well in preparation. “But a game is a completely different story, not so easy. You can also go in the pants. If I play badly, I can lose. Definitely you have to improve something for Thursday, first once a good exercise.”
Thiem would like to bring the high intensity of the last games against Satschko with him to the game against Garin. “I’m trying to follow his example. Garin is a very, very solid player, he has no weaknesses and a really good backhand.” The South American has split his four ATP tennis titles so far between last and this year, this year he struck before Corona’s break in Cordoba and Rio de Janeiro. After that, Garin had a career record at age 18, and is currently ranked 22nd in the world.
The 24-year-old from Santiago won all his titles on clay. And that’s where Thiem wants to start: “I think he feels a little more comfortable in the arena. I want to start and make the game faster,” Thiem decided. No doubt there will also be valuable advice for Thiem from coach Nicolas Massu, who has already had his compatriot under his wing several times as the Chilean Davis Cup coach.
Thursday will be Austria Day at the Wiener Stadthalle, because Jurij Rodionov will also play his round of 16. After his sensational win against Denis Shapovalov on Monday, a seemingly easier task awaits him, Daniel Evans is ranked 33rd in the world. but still 120 places better than Austria’s number three. Rodionov, of course, has shown that he can bite into that task. Briton Evans remains without an ATP title and has participated in two finals.
