Early exit
Gstaad: Dominic Thiem against Juan Pablo Varillas
Dominic Thiem lost his opening match at the clay court tournament in Gstaad after a long battle. On his farewell tour, the 30-year-old from Lower Austria was narrowly beaten 3-6, 7-5, 6-7(4) by Peruvian qualifier Juan Pablo Varillas in the first round on Monday after a 2:51 hour marathon.
As a result, Thiem missed out on a place in the round of 16 in Switzerland against the world number 162, as he had done recently on grass in Mallorca.
In the idyllic Swiss mountain village in the Bernese Oberland, where Thiem triumphed nine years ago, the former world number three played his penultimate clay court tournament. The world number 133 was already one break ahead in the decisive set against Varillas, but had to concede defeat in the tie-break. The week after Gstaad, the former US Open winner will play his last event on clay at his home tournament in Kitzbühel. In October, Thiem will end his career at the tournament in Vienna.
Thiem fights his way into set three
In sunny conditions, Thiem made a few mistakes at the start and immediately gave up the service to 0:2. But Varillas didn't play flawlessly either. The former US Open winner had three break chances in the first set, but failed to capitalize on any of them. Things got better in the second set and after a tough battle, Thiem converted his eighth break point to make it 3:1, but Varillas fought back with a re-break to make it 4:3. In a duel that was evenly poised for long stretches, Thiem earned himself a deciding set with a break to 7:5.
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Thiem took his opponent's serve to make it 4:2, but Varillas countered again and equalized shortly afterwards. The former world number three's serves were now much better. Nevertheless, it went into the decisive tie-break, in which Varillas also had a bit of luck with a net roller to make it 6:2. "Dominic is a great player. I hope he also enjoys his life after tennis," said the Peruvian, who made it 2:2 in the direct duel, in the winner's interview.
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