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Djokovic to step up his game and get back into things. Sure enough, he hustles a couple of mistakes from Thiem and it's A quite brilliant inside-in forehand from the Austrian though has us at But it's break point Djokovic at when Thiem sends a backhand long. Can he take it? No, an excellent Thiem serve draws a backhand error from the reigning champion.
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And a huge serve followed by yet another inside-in forehand winner secures the hold. Djokovic will now serve to stay in the second set. D jokovic is hanging in this set, and holds to 15 with an excellent forehand crosscourt that completely bamboozles Thiem.
Big cheers for the Serb, who is very popular in these parts. M ore good serving from Thiem secures him a second straight love hold. Djokovic is simply being overpowered by his younger opponent here, who sprints to his chair after another forehand flies long off the Serb's racket. S olid game from Djokovic, who is helped by a couple of wild Thiem forehands and holds to I said before the match I though Thiem would win the first set but Djokovic would come through in four, and I still would not rule out a comeback from the world No 2. I t's all going Thiem's way at the moment, as he bangs an ace down the T to secure a love hold.
Blimey, the defending champion is in big trouble here. T he Serb is still struggling at the start of the second set, and he is pegged back to deuce after missing a game point at with a wayward forehand. A double fault then hands Thiem a break point, but Djokovic saves it with a knifed volley that draws a wide lob from his opponent. Those unforced errors keep coming for the No 2 seed though, and he sprays a backhand long to hand over another break point.
Thiem can't take this one as he misses a backhand, but he earns another one with a forehand winner and then seals the break when he brilliantly chases down a Djokovic drop shot and flicks away a backhand winner. Djokovic collapses to the floor at the end of that last point, and he trails by a set and a break. T he only other time Thiem has won a set against Djokovic, he lost the next two , So he'll be desperate to maintain that first set momentum here. He looks in trouble down but battles back impressively to hold here after a couple more brilliant forehand winners.
A glance at the stats below shows the highly uncharacteristic number of unforced errors coming off the Djokovic racket in that 76 minute first set. T hiem's done it!
Ready To Do More? Both players are leathering the ball, and we've played just five games in 34 minutes. Thiem saves the first one with a clinical forehand volley, and then the second with a kick serve that draws a backhand into the net from Djokovic. Old black canvas sneakers, isolated with clipping path. Now, you often see them on nurses of either sex.
It's a 17th unforced error for Djokovic as he nets another backhand, and the Austrian takes the first set tie-breaker The defending champion has lost the first set. D jokovic saves the first set point with a brilliant return that forces Thiem to go wide with a backhand. T wo set points for Thiem as Djokovic nets a backhand!
I t's another backhand that drops wide for Djokovic, and Thiem has two points on his serve to take the set. D jokovic hangs tough, and Thiem eventually loses his patience and sends a backhand down the line well wide. T hiem moves ahead when Djokovic nets a backhand. I think that's the first point won by the server in this tie-break! T hiem sends a backhand long, and we're back level.
A nother wide backhand from Djokovic, and once again it's Thiem who has the mini-break lead. My word, you do not expect Djokovic to make back to back backhand errors like that! D jokovic sends a backhand wide, and we're even Stevens.
T hiem nets a backhand, and it's Djokovic with the mini-break lead. O h dear, a Thiem double fault his first of the match levels things up. T he players have only ever played one breaker against each other, and Thiem won it at the O2 last year. It's the only set Thiem has ever won against Djokovic. You feel he needs to win it here if he's going to win the match, and he grabs an early mini-break when a pummeled forehand forces Djokovic to go wide with a forehand of his own.
A n hour played, and we're still locked in a first set battle. A huge mph serve down the T takes Thiem to , before an unbelievable loopy inside-in forehand winner befuddles Djokovic and takes the Austrian to Thiem completes the hold to 30 when Djokovic nets a forehand. A thumbs up from Djokovic after Thiem somehow generates the power to hit a backhand winner down the line despite his weight moving backwards and him standing a good few feet behind the baseline.
Stunning athleticism from the year old to make it Djokovic misses an easy forehand for , before Thiem fails to get a forehand return in play and it's And it's game Djokovic when Thiem misses a forehand return. For the second time, Thiem will have to serve to stay in the first set. N ot since the first two games of the match have we had back to back service holds. But Thiem needs to hold here, or the first set will be his opponent's. Djokovic moves up when Thiem misses a forehand, but the Austrian levels up at with a forehand winner.
Djokovic though showcases his unbelievable defence on the next couple of points to somehow keep himself alive and earn two set points at after Thiem sends a forehand long. Thiem saves the first one with a clinical forehand volley, and then the second with a kick serve that draws a backhand into the net from Djokovic. The world No 2 then makes a couple of errors, and Thiem completes a huge hold! And we know who the winner of this will play in the semi-final A royal effort by Thiem to save 2 set points. Djokovic relying more on defense than offense at the moment.
M uch better serving from Djokovic this game. Three unreturnable first serves ease him to , before a missed Thiem backhand secures a love hold for the Serb. Thiem will now serve to stay in the first set. T hiem was broken in his previous two service games, but he moves up here with three brilliant inside-in forehand winners. Djokovic then sends a forehand long, and the Austrian completes a very welcome hold to Where next in this undulating set of tennis?
J ust as it seemed the pendulum had swung Djokovic's way, the world No 2 throws in consecutive double faults to fall behind It's then and two break points for Thiem when Djokovic puts a backhand well wide. And Thiem takes the second one as Djokovic puts a forehand wide! We're back on serve, and that's the fourth break of serve in seven games. Neither player can land a fatal blow as yet this set. But 2 DF's next game means broken straight back.
T here's no-one quite like Djokovic at making the court look minuscule, and he's doing that here - drawing consecutive forehand errors from Thiem for A third missed forehand then gives Djokovic two break points at A fourth Thiem forehand error hands the Serb a second consecutive service break. That's three games in a row for Djokovic. T o be fair to both men, the conditions really look horrible. The wind is swirling the clay into the players' eyes and making serving really treacherous. Djokovic looks in control of the game at , but as in his first service game, he allows Thiem to battle back for deuce.
The Austrian then fizzes a backhand pass crosscourt winner to move up advantage and earn another break point, but Djokovic saves it when Thiem loses his patience in a long exchange and sends a forehand well wide. Djokovic has a game point when Thiem messes up a drop shot, but it's back to deuce when Thiem rips the most sensational backhand winner up the line. Two more game points then come and go for Djokovic, the second of which is saved by an almost identical backhand howitzer up the line. After a couple more deuces but no more break points, Djokovic eventually holds in a game that lasted more than 15 minutes.
This is shaping up very nicely. Both players are leathering the ball, and we've played just five games in 34 minutes. He makes three forehand errors to go down and hands back the break to 15 with a missed backhand into the net. We're back on serve, and Djokovic didn't really have to do anything. T hat picture-book single-handed backhand I mentioned before the match?
He's absolutely rippped one up the line for a winner to go up , and it's three break points at when Djokovic nets a backhand. But the Serb saves all three - Thiem misses a couple of returns and then he really should take the final one, but he overhits a drop shot and then can't direct a backhand passing shot beyond Djokovic at the net. Thiem then earns a fourth break point with an inside-in forehand winner, and he takes it this time after a ludicrously long point that eventually sees Djokovic go long with a backhand!
That must have been more than 30 shots. Thiem up a break in the first set. Thiem has already won more games than he did when the pair met in Rome last month. It is a blustery old morning out there. D jokovic marches to after a forehand winner, a missed Thiem backhand an ace out wide. The Serb then chucks in a pair of unforced errors - one off either wing - to take us back to deuce, but he eventually holds on after Thiem sends a forehand long. Djokovic v Thiem Both players easing into the match.