Dominic Thiem victorious over Fernando Verdasco 3-6 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Vienna on Thursday. Thiem will engage against Pablo Carreno-Busta in the quarter.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Verdasco enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Thiem in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was sufficient for Verdasco to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks.
2nd set.
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Dominic conquered in the 4th game (3-1) before winning the set (6-3).
3rd set.
Thiem commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Verdasco in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Thiem improved his lead after breaking the Spaniard in the 3rd (3-0) game before managing to win the set (6-2).
A crucial moment of the match was when the Austrian won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
Statistics
At the end of the match, the Austrian scored 80 points vs. Fernando’s 57 points.
The Austrian served very well to win 90% of the points (38/42) behind his first serve, and he won 76% points (13/17) on his second serve. The Austrian was pretty good in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (3/6). On the other side, the Spaniard was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 25% of his break points (1/4). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Thiem and Verdasco is 1-4 for Fernando.
Highlights Dominic Thiem vs. Fernando Verdasco Erste Bank Open – Vienna
Next Match: Dominic Thiem vs. Pablo Carreno-Busta – stats
Thiem will square off with Carreno-Busta in the quarter.
This will be the 7th time that Dominic Thiem and Pablo Carreno-Busta clash against each other. The head to head is 6-0 for Thiem (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Thiem won 7-63 6-3 in the 2nd round in Shanghai back in October 2019.
Tennis Scores in Vienna
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-73 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Hyeon ChungChung (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Aljaz BedeneBedene – Gilles SimonSimon (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Jannik SinnerSinner (6-3 7-68) – See score progression
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (6-75 6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (6-3 4-6 4-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (7-65 7-61) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Aljaz BedeneBedene – Gael MonfilsMonfils (0-0) – See H2H details
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (1-1) – See H2H details
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-0) – See H2H details
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Andrey RublevRublev (2-1) – See H2H details
