Dominic Thiem dispatches Alex De Minaur 7-6(7) 6-4 in the 3rd round in Madrid on Thursday. Thiem is going to play against Andrey Rublev or John Isner in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 51 minutes. His best achievement in this tournament was reaching the final in 2017 and 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.
Thiem added to his prize money € 21,970 after winning this match. He has won already € 58,370 after this win. If he wins the next match, Dominic will add € 48,320 to his earnings to get in total € 106,690 in total.
Highlights Dominic Thiem vs. Alex De Minaur Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:51
At the end of the match, the Austrian scored 77 points vs. Alex’s 69.
Thiem
Thiem won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points as he converted only 33% (3/9) of the procured opportunities.
De Minaur
On the other side, Alex was struggling when converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Thiem and De Minaur is 4-0 for Dominic.
Draw and next match H2H: Dominic Thiem vs. Andrey Rublev or John Isner – stats
Thiem will square off with either Andrey Rublev or John Isner in the 4th round. The head to head is 2-3 vs. Andrey Rublev and 2-1 vs. John Isner.
Live score progression and stats
Rublev had a racing start in this set after breaking Thiem in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, Dominic managed to stage a great comeback to break De Minaur in the 6th (3-3) game before winning the set at the breaker at 7.
Dominic missed the chance to break the Australian in the 2nd game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Tiebreak
The Austrian won 5 minibreaks in the 7th (3-4), 11th (6-5), 14th (7-7), 15th (8-7) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, De Minaur won 2 minibreaks in the 12th (6-6) and 13th (7-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 0-3, 1-3, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7
Dominic converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (2-3 15-40 and 30-40). The Austrian saved 1 set point when he was trailing 6-7. On the other side, the Australian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 15-40).
They played 82 points. The Austrian won 4 points more than Alex (43-39). Dominic dropped 12 points on serve (25-12). In addition, on the other side, Alex conceded 18 points on serve (27-18).
Dominic won the set after he broke the Australian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Alex tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Yet, Thiem managed to stay calm and finish the job to win the set 6-4.
Dominic converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-3 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Australian converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (2-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 64 points. The Austrian conquered the set after winning 4 more points than the Australian (34-30). Dominic surrendered 14 points on serve (21-14). In addition, on the other side, Alex conceded 13 points on serve (16-13).
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