
Dominic Thiem stuns Hubert Hurkacz 3-6 7-6(9) 7-6(4) in the quarter in Antwerp on Friday. Thiem will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Sebastian Korda in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 55 minutes.
Dominic added to his prize money € 14,210 after winning this match. He has won already € 33,805 till now in this event. If he wins the next match, the Austrian will add € 23,700 to his earnings to get in total € 57,505.
Highlights Dominic Thiem vs. Hubert Hurkacz European Open – Antwerp
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Austrian scored 110 points vs. the Pole’s 109.
Thiem
Thiem served very well to win 81% of the points (51/63) behind his first serve, and he won 60% points (26/43) on his second serve. Thiem wasn’t able to conquer any break point to conquer the match only at the breakers.
Hurkacz
On the other side, the Pole was not so effective in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Thiem and Hurkacz is 1-3 for Hubert.
Draw and next match H2H: Dominic Thiem vs. Sebastian Korda – stats
Thiem will compete against Korda in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Dominic Thiem and Sebastian Korda since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Thiem had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Hubert Hurkacz in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was enough for the Pole to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Hurkacz was on the money in converting all his break points in the 2nd game (1-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Dominic wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 9th game (3-5 30-40).
They played 56 points. The Pole won 6 points more than Dominic (31-25). Hurkacz lost 10 points on serve (22-10). on the other side of the court, the Austrian conceded 9 points on serve (15-9).
Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Eventually, the Austrian won a thrilling breaker 11-9 after a huge fight with 20 points played.
Tiebreak
The Austrian won 4 minibreaks in the 7th (3-4), 11th (5-6), 19th (10-9) and 20th (11-9) point. On the other side, Hubert won 2 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0) and 9th (5-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 0-3, 1-3, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 7-8, 8-8, 9-8, 9-9, 10-9, 11-9
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Thiem saved 4 set points when he was 4-5, 4-6, 5-6 and 7-8 down. In addition on the other side, Thiem didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 84 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Austrian won just 2 more points than Hubert (43-41). Thiem surrendered 9 points on serve (32-9). In addition, on the other side, Hubert conceded 11 points on serve (32-11).
Likewise, in this set, nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Finally, the Austrian won the breaker at 7-4.
Tiebreak
Dominic won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1), 8th (6-2) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Hurkacz won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (2-4) and 10th (4-6) point.
The Austrian won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4
The Austrian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 30-40). In addition on the other side, Hurkacz wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (4-3 30-40).
They contested 79 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Dominic won just 3 points more than the Pole (41-38). Thiem conceded 12 points on serve (28-12). on the other side of the court, the Pole conceded 13 points on serve (26-13).
Tennis Scores in Antwerp
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (3-6 7-69 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-0 6-2) – Stats and score progression
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