In an authentic great game Dominic Thiem, number 3 of the classification of the ATP, turned his game against Nick Kyrgios after being two sets down. The Austrian won 4-6 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4 in 3 hours and 21 minutes for the third round of the Australian Open and he will face the bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov looking for the quarterfinals.
If it wasn’t one of the best matches we’ve seen so far, it’s on the podium. Dominic Thiem and Nick Kyrgios delighted everyone with an exciting tennis match that was defined in the fifth round. Something very similar to the final of the US Open 2020, which meant his first Grand Slam for the native of Wiener Neustadt.
On that occasion at Arthur Ashe, Thiem emerged victorious 2-6 4-6 6-4 6-3 7-6 (6) against German Alexander Zverev. This was the fourth time that Dominic He came back from a Grand Slam match with 2 sets behind: Against the Lithuanian Gulbis in the second round of the US Open 2018, against the American Kudla in the same phase of the Australian Open 2018 and the two mentioned: final against Sascha and today’s before Nick.
The record in this type of comeback is shared by 3 tennis players: Roger Federer, Todd Martin and Andy Murray, all with 9. Thiem, with 4 and surely with many Grand Slam ahead, will probably approach or equal these marks. Martin no longer plays Roger added the last one in 2016 and Andy unfortunately still plagued by injuries.
A spectacular match took place at the John Cain Arena. The Australian started very well and took the first two sets, but then Thiem was reborn and we saw an exciting match as an even, although the Austrian’s resilience and a lot of unforced errors on the part of Nick, among other issues, they gave the triumph to the number 3 in the world.
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