In the opening round of the US Open, Dominic Thiem rolled back moments at Flushing Meadows by defeating 25th seed Alexander Bublik 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.
The 2020 champion Thiem got off to a tough start before breaking Bublik to go 4-2 ahead. He was broken straight back, but he quickly bounced back to regain the upper hand before serving out easily to take the first set.
The second played out similarly, with Thiem extending his domination with an early break to go up 2-1. Bublik served 17 double faults and made 44 unforced errors in an inconsistent performance that led to his third successive first-round Grand Slam defeat.
Before suffering the loss, Bublik can be seen frustrated and smashing his racquet to the ground for repeated errors and serves.
caught domi’s second set win and accidentally caught the racket smash of bublik pic.twitter.com/HwocEQDxJN
— marina (@maribeckas) August 28, 2023
Alexander Bublik in 2023
Ranked no.27, Bublik played his last match on the 28th of August when he lost to world no.81 Dominic Thiem 6-3 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round of the U.S. Open (draw).
This season the Kazakhstani has achieved a compiled 20-25 win-loss record. Bublik has won 1 title in Halle.
Thiem at the U.S. Open, ranking, and results in 2023
LLLLLLWLWL Currently ranked no.81, the Austrian has managed to achieve an overall 19-23 win-loss record in 2023. The Austrian is currently having a run at the U.S. Open where he conquered the world no.27 Alexander Bublik 6-3 6-2 6-4.
Dominic Thiem will take on the world no.47 Ben Shelton in the 2nd round. Their actual record is 1-0 for Thiem.
Thiem was the finalist in Kitzbuhel (Generali Open).
Dominic won 17 titles in his career: 4 on hard courts, 10 on clay courts, 2 on indoor courts and 1 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
Alexander Bublik and Dominic Thiem faced off only 2 times. The head to head is 2-0 for Thiem. Before, the last time they played, Dominic Thiem won 6-3 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in New York (U.S. Open) on the 28th of August 2023.
