Dominic Thiem survives Lorenzo Sonego 6-3 7-66 in the semifinal in Kitzbuhel on Friday after winning a huge battle. Thiem will play Albert Ramos-Vinolas in the final.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Dominic conquered in the 8th game (5-3) before winning the set (6-3).
2nd set.
Sonego was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Thiem in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, Thiem managed to stage a great comeback to break Sonego in the 3rd (1-2) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 6.
At the end of the match, Thiem scored 69 points vs. Sonego’s 59 points.
Thiem was well focused in converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (2/3). On the other side, the Italian was exceptional in converting all the break points (1/1). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Thiem and Sonego is 1-0 for Dominic.
Next Match: Dominic Thiem vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas – H2H and stats
Thiem will play Ramos-Vinolas in the final.
This will be the 3rd time that Dominic Thiem and Albert Ramos-Vinolas clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Thiem and Ramos-Vinolas (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Thiem won 6-1 6-4 in the semifinal in Rio de Janiero back in 2017.
