Sascha Zverev lost a tough semifinal against his dear friend Dominic Thiem. The German and the Austrian didn’t play at their very best for a big chunk of the match. On one side Dominic was struggling to get into his groove at the beginning of the match and he has rarely found the consistency he had when he defeated Nadal. On the other, Sascha was far too passive, especially during the crucial moments.
Thiem can win the Australian Open
During the press conference that followed the semifinal, Sascha was asked if Dominic could beat Djokovic in the final. The 22-year-old said that even if Dominic has a good record against Novak, beating him in Melbourne won’t be easy, but he can do it. Sascha commented: “It’s more difficult. But I think he has a chance. He’s playing the best tennis of his life. I think he’s playing much better than he played in London, to be honest. I think it was a much better match that we played. Yeah, I do believe that he has a chance. I do believe he’s playing good enough. I wish him nothing but the best.”
H2H, PREDICTION. Dominic Thiem vs. Novak Djokovic
Head to head 6-4 for Djokovic
Predictions: Djokovic in 3
Dominic Thiem will fight against Novak Djokovic in the final for the 11th time of their career.
Dominic Thiem: ranking and results
Ranked no. 5, Dominic got to the final after defeating Adrian Mannarino 6-3 7-5 6-2, Alex Bolt 6-2 5-7 6-75 6-1 6-2, Taylor Harry Fritz 6-2 6-4 6-75 6-4, Gael Monfils 6-2 6-4 6-4, Rafael Nadal 7-63 7-64 4-6 7-66 and Alexander Zverev 3-6 6-4 7-63 7-64.
The Austrian has a 7-2 win-loss record in 2020, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS). The Austrian’s best result of the year was getting to the semi-finals in at the Australian Open .
Last year at the Australian Open Dominic got to the 2nd round in 2019 in Australian-Open before retiring against Alexei Popyrin when he was 7-5 6-4 2-0 ret..
Novak Djokovic: ranking and results
Ranked no. 2, Djokovic reached the final after beating Jan-Lennard Struff 7-65 6-2 2-6 6-1, Tatsuma Ito 6-1 6-4 6-2, Yoshihito Nishioka 6-3 6-2 6-2, Diego Sebastian Schwartzman 6-3 6-4 6-4, Milos Raonic 6-4 6-3 7-61 and Roger Federer 7-61 6-4 6-3.
Djokovic has a 12-0 win-loss record in 2020, 12-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open The Serbian won the title last year in the Australian-Open after beating Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-2 6-3. Novak conquered the title at the Australian Open in 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2019.
Head to head analysis
This will be the 11th time that Dominic Thiem and Novak Djokovic fight against each other. The head to head is 6-4 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Thiem won 6-75 6-3 7-65 in the R in Nitto ATP finals back in 2019.
