Sebastian Ofner overcomes Dominic Thiem 5-7 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in Astana on Sunday in what was an all-Austrian contest. Ofner will try to keep the momentum against Adrian Mannarino in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 26 minutes.
Ofner added to his prize money $ 22,335 after winning this match. He has already won $ 53,100 as of now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, Ofner will add $ 37,210 to his earnings to get in total $ 90,310.
Highlights Sebastian Ofner vs. Dominic Thiem Astana Open – Astana
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:26
At the end of the match, Ofner scored 103 points vs. Dominic’s 87.
Ofner
Ofner served extremely well to win 85% of the points (45/53) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (16/29) on his second serve. Ofner won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 20% (3/15) of the procured opportunities.
Thiem
On the other side, Dominic was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Ofner and Thiem is 1-3 for Dominic.
Draw and next match H2H: Sebastian Ofner vs. Adrian Mannarino – stats
Ofner will play Mannarino in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Sebastian Ofner and Adrian Mannarino since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Thiem clinched in the 12th game (7-5) just before eventually winning the set (7-5).
Thiem failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 40.
Thiem wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 12th game (6-5 0-40). On the other side, Ofner was on the money in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 7th (3-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 13th game (4-7 40-A).
They contested 81 points. Thiem was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than Sebastian (43-38). Thiem conceded 18 points on serve (34-18). on the other side of the court, Sebastian conceded 9 points on serve (20-9).
Similarly to the 1st set, there was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Sebastian snatched in the 7th game (4-3) before finally winning the set (6-4).
Ofner converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Sebastian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 57 points. Ofner was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Thiem (32-25). Sebastian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (20-3). On the other side, Dominic conceded 12 points on serve (22-12).
Sebastian in this set played at a much higher level than Dominic and finally he won 6-2 after breaking Thiem in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Dominic was eclipsed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-2 to 6-2.
Ofner converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, Thiem was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 52 points. Ofner won 14 more points than Dominic (33-19). Ofner surrendered 9 points on serve (21-9). on the other side of the court, Dominic conceded 12 points on serve (10-12).
Tennis Scores in Astana
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-1 7-66) – Stats and score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (6-4 4-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Dominic ThiemThiem (5-7 6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Sebastian KordaKorda – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
