Stefanos Tsitsipas and Dominic Thiem did not wait to go to a (virtual) press conference. The two agreed on two points: the importance of serve in this game and the satisfaction of electronic refereeing.
Beyond his victory, the Austrian spoke of the wear and tear generated by the passage from bubble to bubble, test after test. If he feels “Physically cooler”, it is more morally complicated: ” Mentally it’s hard. Normally you take a lot of positive energy from the fans, that’s missing. You have to go get it yourself, you have to push yourself, it’s exhausting. If you have a long day, you can find great energy in cities like London or New York, going to cool restaurants with the people you love. All that no longer exists but we are privileged to be able to continue playing and compete in major events anyway under these conditions. It’s a very protected environment but you have two to three minutes to get some fresh air, that’s all. »
On the match, he insisted on the speed of the surface which therefore gave pride of place to service: ” I think the level was higher last year. The atmosphere was amazing. Today was a little different. It was played a lot on the serve, with only two breaks. The conditions are faster. Every win here against a top 10 is special and every win against Stefanos has something special, he’s a great player, established with great titles. »Disappointed by his defeat, the Greek did not extend. He especially put forward the ” quality of service better than [sienne] of his opponent in the third set who paid “(78% of first balls against 48%, 6 aces against 2) and returned on his” bad choice »On the forehand penalty on the first set ball offered to the Austrian.
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