Dominic Thiem stuns Laslo Djere 6-7(3) 7-5 7-6(8) in the semifinal in Kitzbuhel on Friday. Thiem will face Sebastian Baez in the final. The epic lasted 3 hours and 30 minutes. The Austrian won this tournament once in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event. This will be Thiem’s first final since 2020.
Thiem added to his prize money € 20,585 after conquering this match. He has already won € 49,940 after this win. If he wins the next match, Thiem will add € 35,665 to his earnings to get in total € 85,605 in total.
Highlights Dominic Thiem vs. Laslo Djere Generali Open – Kitzbuhel
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
3h:30
Thiem won this match even if he conquered less points than Djere (133 vs. 138).
Thiem
Thiem won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points since he converted only 25% (1/4) of the procured opportunities.
Djere
On the other side, the Serbian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/12). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Thiem and Djere is 2-1 for Dominic.
Draw and next match H2H: Dominic Thiem vs. Sebastian Baez – stats
Thiem will take on Baez in the final.
This will be the 2nd time that Dominic Thiem and Sebastian Baez play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Baez (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Live score progression and stats
The Serbian won the set after he broke the Austrian .
The Serbian was flawless in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40). In addition on the other side, Dominic was unerring in converting all his break points in the 4th game (2-1 40-A and 40-A).
They played 97 points. Laslo conquered the set after winning 11 more points than Dominic (54-43). The Serbian dropped 14 points on serve (40-14). On the losing side, Thiem conceded 14 points on serve (29-14).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Thiem conquered in the 11th game (6-5) just before eventually winning the set (7-5).
Laslo was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 4-5 to 7-5.
The Austrian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, Laslo was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 80 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Thiem won just 2 points more than Djere (41-39). Thiem lost 14 points on serve (29-14). on the other side of the court, Djere conceded 12 points on serve (25-12).
Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, the Austrian won a thrilling breaker 10-8 after a huge fight with 18 points played.
Tiebreak
The Austrian won 4 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 12th (6-6), 17th (9-8) and 18th (10-8) point. On the other side, Djere won 2 minibreaks in the 6th (3-3) and 11th (6-5) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 8-8, 9-8, 10-8
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Dominic saved 3 set points when he was 4-5, 5-6 and 6-7 down. On the other side, the Serbian was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 94 points. Thiem conquered the set after winning 4 more points than Laslo (49-45). The Austrian surrendered 19 points on serve (38-19). On the losing side, Laslo conceded 11 points on serve (26-11).
Tennis Scores in Kitzbuhel
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (7-65 3-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Laslo DjereDjere (6-73 7-5 7-68) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Dominic ThiemThiem (1-0) – H2H details and stats
