The Italian will next play 13th seed Jack Draper.Įarlier in the day, #NextGenATP standout Chun-Hsin Tseng clawed past lucky loser Marton Fucsovics 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 to earn a clash against 15th seed Jaume Munar. In the same section of the draw, former Top 10 star Fabio Fognini defeated Dusan Lajovic 7-5, 7-5 in a rematch of the 2019 Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters final. In the crucial moments of the first set, Wolf was able to take control of rallies and capture the first-set tie-break.īut 2020 US Open champion Thiem also flashed his trademark brilliance on Stadium Court, blasting one-handed backhands down the line and threading the needle with perfect passing shots on his main draw debut at the ATP 250. Thiem showed some inconsistency early on, making uncharacteristic errors.
"I released a little bit and it went perfectly. "I told myself, 'It's 4/6, now or never,'" Thiem said. When Wolf won five consecutive points to take a 6/4 lead, the home favourite was in good position to move on.īut Thiem found his best tennis when it mattered most, crushing a backhand winner on the first match point he faced and a forehand winner on the second to get out of trouble before curling a forehand passing shot to clinch his victory. "But luckily I raised the level a little bit in the third-set tie-break and compared to Kitzbühel, where similar stuff happened with the rain, the luck was on my side today."Īfter the lengthy rain delay at 3-2 in the third set, the players served their way into a tie-break, which Thiem led 4/1. I had trouble into the match again," Thiem said. It was not easy at all today with the rain delay, coming back out there at 11:15 p.m. "First of all I'm super happy to get that win, first win on hard courts since a very long time, since March '21, I guess. Thiem will play 2017 Nitto ATP Finals champion Grigor Dimitrov, the top seed, in the second round. Dominic Thiem’s first hard-court match since March 2021 featured a one-hour, 52-minute rain delay, two match points against and plenty of drama, but the Austrian found a way to advance on Monday evening at the Winston-Salem Open.
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