Fourteen months later, the Austrian Dominic Thiemwho became the third player in the world, was able to link two consecutive victories after winning the tournament stop (Sweden) in Spanish Robert Baptist by 7-6 (5), 3-6 and 6-4.
The player from Vienna has not played a quarterfinal since the Masters 1,000 Madrid in 2021, where he reached the semifinals. Now, on the clay of the Swedish tournament, he is once again among the top eight in the competition.
Thiem, who has amassed seventeen ATP trophies, including the 2020 United States Open, was the last victory he achieved before starting his decline due to injuries, which forced him to temporarily withdraw from the circuit.
Without winning any games in 2022 he landed in Bastad. In the first round he defeated Finn Emil Ruusuvuori and now, in the second, Bautista. The Spaniards seem to have made the Austrian proposal. In five games, Roberto Bautista has won four. Nothing on earth like this time.
The crash lasted two hours and 40 minutes. The Viennese won the first set despite Bautista leading 5-2. He won the tiebreaker. The Spaniard, 20th in the world, this year’s champion in Doha and finalist in Mallorca, reacted and won second with confidence, but in the final lost his service in the sixth game and the imbalance was not corrected.
Thiem reached the quarter-finals, where he will face the winner in the clash between Argentine Sebastián Báez, seeded eighth, and Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich.
On the other side of the draw, Serbian Laslo Djere survived after defeating Swiss Marc-Andrea Huesler (7-5, 6-2). The Balkans will face Russian Andrei Rublev, the second favorite, who scored an epic win over Argentine Federico Coria (7-5, 4-6 and 7-6 (2)).
Source: La Verdad
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