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Dominic Thiem roared over German Dominik Koepfer yesterday in the second round of the Australian Open in 99 minutes. After the sovereign 6: 4, 6: 0, 6: 2, Australian “bad boy” Nick Kyrgios awaits tomorrow, the winner of five sets against Frenchman Ugo Humbert (No. 29) stayed. With the local hero, Thiem still has an open plan.
The only duel on the ATP tour so far was a while ago with the 2015 knockout stages in Nice. Kyrgios surrendered with a score of 4: 3, and Thiem then celebrated his first of 17 tournament victories. But number 47 in the world. he was a nasty “opponent” off the court last summer.
Kyrgios denied Thiem and the rest of the participants in the Alpe-Adria tournament series launched by Novak Djokovic in the summer during the crown pandemic of the intellectual level and attacked the Austrian tennis star head-on on social media. Thiem, winner of the tournament in Belgrade, defended himself vehemently at the time: “Kyrgios has already built a lot of nonsense himself. I understand him even less when he interferes everywhere.”
Praise the enfant terrible
But at the same time, the third in the world rankings repeatedly praised the 25-year-old enfant terrible. “Tennis can be happy that this sport also has so many stars. There has never been a guy like that, there probably won’t be one anymore. Deep down he is a very nice person, we shared him together years ago. The nightlife explored in Acapulco. . “Kyrgios said yesterday about Thiem:” He is one of the best players in the world. “
There is good news for all tennis fans in this country. The main game will almost certainly be played in the evening session (CET in the morning).
Australian Open in Melbourne (Grand Slam, € 45.05 million, hard): Thiem (Austria / 3) – Dominik Koepfer (D) 6: 4, 6: 0, 6: 2, Djokovic (Srb / 1) – Tiafoe (United States) 6: 3, 6: 7 (3), 7: 6 (2), 6: 3, Shapovalov (Kan / 11) – Tomic (Aus) 6: 1, 6: 3, 6: 2, Raonic (Kan / 14) – Moutet (Fra) 6: 7 (1), 6: 1, 6: 1, 6: 4, Fucsovics (Ung) – Wawrinka (Sz / 17) 7: 5, 6: 1, 4 : 6, 2: 6, 7: 6 (9), Schwartzman (Arg / 8) – Muller (Fra) 6: 2, 6: 0, 6: 3, A. Zverev (D / 6) – Cressy (USA). USA) 7: 5, 6: 4, 6: 3, Kyrgios (Aus) – Humbert (Fra / 29) 5: 7, 6: 4, 3: 6, 7: 6 (2), 6: 4, Dimitrov (Bul / 18) – Bolt (Aus) 7: 5, 6: 1, 6: 2. Women: Halep (Rum / 2) – Tomljanovic (Aus) 4: 6, 6: 4, 7: 5, Osaka (Jpn / 3) – García (Fra) 6: 2, 6: 3, Sabalenka (Blr / 7) – Kasatkina (Rus) 7: 6 (5), 6: 3, S. Williams (USA / 10) – Stojanovic (Srb ) 6: 3, 6: 0, Cirstea (Ron) – Petra Kvitova (Tch / 9) 6: 4, 1: 6, 6: 1.
