Dominic Thiem and Roger Federer will face off today in the Madrid Open, as the quarter-finals commence. The Madrid Open concludes this weekend on Sunday, May 12, with the biggest names in tennis all vying for the champion title. World number one Novak Djokovic has automatically progressed to the semi-finals after opponent Marin Cilic was…
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Stuart Fraser, Tennis Correspondent, Madrid Thiem reaches for a ball at the baseline on his way to victory over FedererAlex Pantling/Getty Images Dominic Thiem further established his case as one of the favourites at Roland Garros this month — along with Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic — by saving two match points and defeating Roger…
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Dominic Thiem saved match points to end Roger Federer’s clay-court return and reach the Madrid Open semi-finals. Swiss Federer saved match points in his quarter-final on Thursday but squandered two of his own in the second-set tie-break against Thiem. Austria’s Thiem eventually came through 3-6 7-6 (13-11) 6-4 to set up a meeting with world…
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Dominic Thiem saved two match points and ended the first chapter of Roger Federer’s return to clay court tennis with a come-from-behind 3-6, 7-6 (13/11), 6-4 win and reach the Madrid Open semi-finals on Friday. The 37-year-old Swiss had returned this week to the surface for the first time in three years — his last…
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Barcelona champion Dominic Thiem extended his winning streak by posting a 6-4, 7-5 win against Fabio Fognini on Thursday to move into the quarterfinals of the Mutua Madrid Open. The two players were coming off big wins, having both beaten 11-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal on his favorite surface in the last month—Fognini did it…
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ATP Tour Tennis365 April 29, 2019 Dominic Thiem has warned against underestimating Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros this year despite his recent stuttering performances on clay. Thiem defeated Nadal en-route to winning the Barcelona Open last week, and the Spaniard also failed in Monte Carlo the week before. However, Thiem has dismissed suggestions that Nadal…
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The 2018 Roland Garros runner-up intruded on Nadal’s turf by winning the Barcelona Open. (AP) It’s tradition at the Barcelona Open that the winner jumps into the pool with the ball kids, and that winner is almost always Rafael Nadal. He has won the tournament a record 11 times, dating back to 2005. But, on Sunday,…
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Austria’s Dominic Thiem celebrates on the podium after defeating Russia’s Daniil Medvedev during the ATP Tour Barcelona Open final tennis match in Barcelona on April 28, 2019. Pau Barrena / AFPDominic Thiem overpowered Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 6-0 on Sunday to win the Barcelona Open title, boosting his credentials as a potential Roland Garros champion.A day…
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Dominic Thiem is the new king of Barcelona. The Austrian needed just over an hour to win his first Barcelona crown, 6-4, 6-0, over Daniil Medvedev. The world No. 5 belongs on the throne after ousting 11-time champion Rafael Nadal on Saturday, also in straight sets. The win marks Thiem’s second title of 2019 after winning…
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Dominic Thiem started slowly and finished brilliantly on Sunday at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. The third seed went down an early break to seventh seed Daniil Medvedev of Russia, but won 12 of the last 13 games to take the title 6-4, 6-0. The Austrian became just the fourth player in the past 15…
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If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Dominic Thiem stuck to his aggressive game plan against Rafael Nadal to beat the 11-time Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell champion 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday and reach the ATP 500 final. It’s the fourth time in as many years Thiem has beaten Nadal on clay, and the first time…
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Dominic Thiem and Roger Federer (AP) Austrian Thiem, who was also briefly ranked fourth in the world in late 2017, rose four places after beating Federer 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 on Sunday to deny the Swiss star a record sixth Indian Wells crown.Federer, 37, dropped one spot to fifth as the top three remained unchanged with…
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Dominic Thiem of Austria celebrates after a break point during the third set against Roger Federer of Switzerland on day fourteen of the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on March 17, 2019 in Indian Wells, California. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images/AFPDominic Thiem climbed to a career-best ranking of fourth on Monday after clinching…
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Milos Raonic has a 3-1 mark in quarter-finals at the BNP Paribas Open. Raonic to face 19-year-old Kecmanovic, Thiem to play Monfils Quarter-final action gets underway Thursday at the 2019 BNP Paribas Open with No. 13 seed Milos Raonic against Serbian lucky loser Miomir Kecmanovic. Raonic, the 2016 runner-up (l. to Djokovic), is making his…
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