Dominic Thiem gets the better of Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves 6-2 4-6 6-1 in the 1st round in Rio De Janeiro on Tuesday. Thiem will engage against Jaume Antoni Munar Clar in the 2nd round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Thiem in this set was much more effective than Felipe and eventually he won 6-2 after breaking the Brazilian in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Felipe was powerless in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-2 to 6-2).
2nd set.
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Meligeni Rodrigues Alves conquered in the 7th game (4-3) before winning the set (6-4).
3rd set.
Thiem had a great start in this set after breaking Meligeni Rodrigues Alves in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. The Austrian managed to boost his lead after breaking the Brazilian in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
A defining moment of this contest was when Thiem won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Thiem scored 87 points vs. the Brazilian’s 65 points.
The Austrian was pretty effective in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (4/8). On the other side, Felipe was great in converting all the break points (1/1). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this encounter, the head to head between Thiem and Meligeni Rodrigues Alves is 1-0 for Dominic.
Highlights Dominic Thiem vs. Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves Rio Open – Rio de Janeiro
Next Match H2H: Dominic Thiem vs. Jaume Antoni Munar Clar – stats
Thiem will come up against Antoni Munar Clar in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Dominic Thiem and Jaume Antoni Munar Clar clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Thiem (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
Tennis Scores in Rio De Janeiro
- Gianluca MagerMager – Casper RuudRuud (7-64 7-5) – See score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Leonardo MayerMayer (6-1 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Guido PellaPella (5-7 6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (6-2 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Borna CoricCoric – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (7-65 7-5) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-4 6-74 6-1) – See score progression
- Attila BalazsBalazs – Pablo CuevasCuevas (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Pablo AndujarAndujar – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (5-7 7-63 7-5) – See score progression
- Federico DelbonisDelbonis – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Hugo DellienDellien (3-6 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Christian GarinGarin – Andrej MartinMartin (4-6 7-5 7-65) – See score progression
- Federico CoriaCoria – Corentin MoutetMoutet (1-6 7-61 7-63) – See score progression
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (7-62 4-6 7-62) – See score progression
- Joao DominguesDomingues – Federico GaioGaio (7-6(8) 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Federico DelbonisDelbonis – Christian GarinGarin (0-0) – See H2H details
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Attila BalazsBalazs (0-0) – See H2H details
- Joao DominguesDomingues – Pedro SousaSousa (0-0) – See H2H details
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (2-0) – See H2H details
- Borna CoricCoric – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (0-0) – See H2H details
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Pablo AndujarAndujar (0-0) – See H2H details
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-1) – See H2H details
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Federico CoriaCoria (0-0) – See H2H details
