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Austrian Dominic Thiem, 27, won the US Open in tennis after an unusually vibrant five-set thriller in New York.
Thus, he became the first since the fall of 2016 to break the dominance of Federer, Nadal and Djokovic in a grand slam context.
Shortly after 02:00 am Swedish time on Monday, Dominic Thiem hit the ball at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
The final rocked back and forth several times. Thiem lost the first two sets and then won the next two, only to lose the initiative in the refereeing set.
Opponent Alexander Zverev of Germany served for the match at 5-3, but did not keep his nerves together.
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Thiem throws a volley in the final.
Thiem then had the same situation at 6-5, but also saw his serve broken.
Even in the decisive tiebreaker, the advantage was reversed several times. However, Thiem took advantage of two double faults in exposed positions by Zverev and was able to win 8-6 when the opponent struck out a backhand cross.
Finally, the Austrian’s victory numbers were written at 2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (8-6).
World number three Dominic Thiem thus won his first Grand Slam title and fulfilled the sudden favorite that landed on his shoulders when world point guard Novak Djokovic was washed away in the fourth round after lovingly hitting a ball. in the throat of the linesman.
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Thiem exhales after the game.
Thiem thus broke the dominance of Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. Since the fall of 2016, when the Swiss Stan Wawrinka won the US Open, no one but these three has won the Grand Slam tennis tournaments.
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