Neither Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic or Roger Federer be able to in the year perform to go all the way in sæsonfinalen in tennis.
instead of one of tennisveteranerne it was the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, who scooped the trophy at the ATP Finals in London.
the 21-year-old Tsitsipas won the fight with 6-7 (6-8), 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) over the 26-year-old Thiem after 2 hours and 37 minutes of play.
It was only the third time since 2002 that neither Nadal, Djokovic or Federer had reached the finals of the tournament.
Photo credit: Peter Nicholls/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
Photo credit: Peter Nicholls/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
About maybe tennissporten on the way to a epochal succession.
In each case, the younger tenniskræfter shown great forward this week in London – and this was how it was in the finals, which was very close.
In the first set there was no servegennembrud, although both players had multiple breakmuligheder.
It should then be decided in the tiebreak, and here was Thiem the bit sharper than the Greek, and it was enough to take the first set.
Tsitsipas was otherwise dominant in the second set, where he came storming from the start and were ahead 4-0 after two fast break.
It came Thiem never over, even if he got reduced a couple of times.
Dominic Thiem was so close but made a few crucial errors at the end. Photo: Peter Nicholls/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
In the third set it was once again balanced with a servegennembrud to each, but they went on ad for the position 6-6, before the whole tournament had to be decided in the tiebreak.
Here was Tsitsipas the strongest, and the Greek thus became the youngest winner of the tournament since Lleyton Hewitt in 2001.
Tennis – 11. nov. 2019 – at. 12:57 German legend big-shelves Danish comet
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