US Open: A lot to get for Thiem in New York

Because Thiem, whose first round match against Munar is scheduled on Tuesday, can fully score compared to last year. In 2019, badly hit by a flu virus, he was eliminated right from the start. Should he now have to give up again before the quarter-finals, he could still defend his title in Kitzbühel.

The tournament in Tyrol has been postponed to the second US Open week due to the coronavirus pandemic. Thiem would certainly prefer to be absent in Kitzbühel, because the fat ATP points are awarded in New York: A Grand Slam champion receives 2,000 points, in Kitzbühel there are 250.

“Good game to get in”

After the botched dress rehearsal, which also took place in New York, the Lower Austrian will not want to afford a second fall in his first appearance at the US Open against Munar, the number 104 in the world, on Tuesday. “It’s a good game to get in,” said his manager Herwig Straka after the draw.

Thiem, who is celebrating his 27th birthday next Thursday, also has a good memory of the 2: 6 1: 6 against Filip Krajinovic (SRB) a few days ago at the same venue and will hardly underestimate his first opponent. The start of the tournament will be extremely important for the three-time major finalist.

“Don’t worry”

Straka calmed down after the surprising start to the Masters 1000 tournament, which was moved to Flushing Meadows: “We are still all of the opinion that Dominic is in good form, that he was well prepared and that he played these exhibitions well Has. There is nothing to worry about, it was just a bad day. “

Thiem has last year’s finalist Daniil Medwedew (RUS / 3) as a semi-final opponent according to the program. In the final, like in January at the Australian Open, the top seed Novak Djokovic could wait. But there is a long way to go. First of all, the first hurdle Munar has to be taken.

Novak opens on Monday

Dennis Novak will be deployed on Monday. In the first part of the international match between Austria and Spain, the 27-year-old will face Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the first game on court eight at 5:00 p.m. CEST. On the first day of the tournament, tournament favorite Novak Djokovic is also in action in the night session on Tuesday night against Damir Dzumhur from Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Barbara Haas will also play her first-round match among the women on Tuesday. The Upper Austrian who slipped into the main competition as the only red-white-red representative in Flushing Meadows plays against the Belarusian Viktoria Asarenka.

US Open in New York – men’s singles

US Open in New York – women’s singles

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