The run of success Dominic Thiem at the ATP 250 tournament in Gijon ended in the semifinals on Saturday. The 29-year-old from Lower Austria lost in a duel with the ninth in the world rankings Andrei Rublev after a hard exchange of blows after 1:36 hours with 4:6.4:6. Thiem will continue next week at the ATP 250 tournament in Antwerp before entering the Erste Bank Open in Vienna. In Belgium he is going against local hero Michael Geerts (ATP-267.) for the first time.
