Back to the big moment: When Thiem elevated himself to tennis heaven in New York – tennis

And suddenly everything had to happen very quickly. The eyes were rather weary in those Monday morning hours four years ago. September 14, 2:14 am, over in Queens, New York, Dominic Thiem is serving, his third match point. No, his third championship ball. Thiem’s ​​serve goes through the middle, two strokes later: Alexander Zverev’s ball is a little too far, misses a little of the fairway. “OOOOOOOOUUT,” echoes through the nearly empty Arthur Ashe Stadium. Thiem falls to the floor, his hands are in his face. It’s done, it’s happened. It was a bit hectic here in Vienna: Caps locking on, no errors now even after more than four hours of live tickets, glitch with “This is the best”, quick search, add: “DOMINIC THIEM WINS THE US OPEN”, 504 green dashes, five red. So this is what it looks like when… STAID NAN GAIDHEAL-Liveticker Tennis history is being written.