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D.Thiemas after N. 2, 5: 6: 7 (10), 7: 6 (5) defeated N. Jokovičius after the marathon of 2 hours and 54 minutes and for the second year in a row enters the final of the final tournament of the year.
The Austrian tennis titan was able to clinch a ticket to the final in a much simpler way. The 27-year-old, who had a small lead in the first two sets, had as many as four in the span of the second set. match point, but did not use any of them.
Double errors were also made in D. Thiem’s game, and N. Djokovičius, leaning against the wall, began to lose himself and won the second set thriller at 12:10.
The first semifinal of the day was destined to have another tie-breaker’. In it, Nolė was ahead 4: 0 and was very close to victory, but the Austrian breathed for the second time, began to shoot like a cannon and won the last 7 balls of the 8.
Until this extension in the 2020 season, N. Dzhokovich’s record was even 15: 1.
For Thiem, it was the 300th jubilee victory in the ATP round and the fifth in the last seven games with the world’s first rocket.
Only Andy Murray, an Austrian who has survived the tennis elite for many years, has managed to beat every member of the Big Three at least 5 times.
It will be recalled that last year at London’s O2 Arena, D. Thiem also competed in the final, but then lost to Greek Stefanos Tsitsip.
In Sunday’s grand final, his rival will be Rafael Nadal (ATP-2) or Daniil Medvedev (ATP-4).
It is interesting that for the sixth year in a row, the Nitto ATP Finals tournament will be won by a sixth different player. The same situation had not occurred until 1974-1979.
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