Thiem – Nadal 7: 6, 7: 6, Champions Tournament 2020 | Nadal fell after a fight with Thiem, so the progress is still uncertain

Summary of the match of the Thiem – Nadal Champions Tournament

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The winners of the opening round at London’s O2 Arena, Thiem and Nadal, fought for their second victory for two and a half hours. In the first set, in which he did not have a single breakball, Nadal was closer to success. However, the second player in the rankings did not use two sets against the world three and lost the shortened game 7: 9.

In the second set, they both held the service until the seventh game, and the first to lose was Thiem, the champion of this year’s US Open. However, Brejk immediately took it back, then wasted three matchwords, but in the end he defeated the clay king Nadal 7: 6 again, this time winning the tie-break 7: 4 after the fifth transformed matchword.

Rafael Nadal in a match against Dominic Thiem

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“This was definitely one of the best matches I’ve ever played. A really great match. From the first ball to the last,” Thiem said. “But honestly, I was lucky to win the first set,” he admitted.

Thiem played 37 winning balls with 22 unforced errors, Nadal had a balance of 25/16. For the first time in his career, the 27-year-old Austrian defeated his Spanish rival for the second time in a row, in January he succeeded in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, where they played three tie-breaks in four sets.

Dominic Thiem dealt with Rafael Nadal

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Nadal has never won the Champions Tournament and now he needs to beat Tsitsipase on Thursday. “We both played at a very high level. But he deserved to win because he played a little better at some key moments. Only a few details decided. But I didn’t play badly either, so I don’t feel bad about it,” said the winner of 20 grand slams and thirteen-time clay champion. Roland Garros.

Nadal has never won the Champions Tournament and now he needs to beat Tsitsipase on Thursday. In the fifteenth mutual duel and the very first in the hall today, Thiem adjusted the balance to 6: 9.

Stefanos Tsitsipas started the Champions Tournament by winning over Rubljov

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He was also pleased that he at least lifted the spirits of compatriots after today’s tightening of measures against the spread of coronavirus. “I hope people enjoyed it at least a little at home. And for a moment they forgot about the hard times we are going through now,” he added.

Tsitsipas started well and won the first set over Rublyov in just 19 minutes. But then the Russian newcomer to the Champions Tournament took place. He had a match ball in the tie-break of the two-hour battle, but wasted it with a double mistake. The Greek didn’t let go of the chance.