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The austrian Dominic Thiem (3rd in the world ranking) settled for the second time in the London Masters final this Saturday, after defeating the Serbian in a real battle Novak Djokovic, number one on the planet.
After a match that lasted two hours and 57 minutes, the Chilean’s ward Nicolas Massú he was left with the victory by partials of 7-5, 6-7 (10) and 7-6 (5).
The game was difficult for both players from the start, unable to break each other’s serve and resisting with their best cards. It was like this that in 53 minutes, Thiem was able to impose his repertoire against a Djokovic who did not see himself as comfortable.
The second set found the awakening of the Balkan, who came to force the tie break and exhibited his credentials before a Thiem who had a higher number of unforced errors, which cost him to let the triumph escape having had two match points.
Already in the third set, the process was tilted again for the champion of the last US Open. With a remarkable record of four aces and 15 winning strokes, the Wiener Neustadt-born was leading the match until reaching the second tie break, where he came back from 0-4 against to finish overcoming the resistance of “Nole”.
Thanks to the victory, Thiem reached for the second time in his career the last round of the ATP Finals, instance in which you must wait for the winner of the key between the Spanish Rafael Nadal (2nd) and the russian Daniil Medvedev (4th).
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