Dominic Thiem recovered well from his second-round five-set battle at the Australian Open to beat Adrian Mannarino 6-4, 6-2, 7-5 on Saturday. Becoming just the second Austrian man in the Open Era to reach the Australian Open fourth round on multiple occasions (Muster), Thiem broke his opponent on six occasions in two hours and eight minutes. The Austrian now leads their FedEx ATP Head2Head series 7-0. The World No. 5 will next meet Tennys Sandgren who backed up his great win over 2014 champion Stan Wawrinka to come from a set down to beat fellow Australian Open debutant Maximilian Marterer 5-7, 6-3, 7-5, 7-6(5). [ALSO LIKE] After failing to consolidate his first break of serve in the fourth game of...
Watch highlights of Dominic Thiem's comeback from two sets down against Denis Kudla in the second round of the 2018 Australian Open. Video courtesy Tennis Australia. Watch more video and live matches at www.ausopen.com. Highlights not available in Aus., NZ or Canada and only available in Europe and USA 24 hours after completion of the match. Photo Credit: Mark Kolbe/Getty Images.
Dominic Thiem talks about his come-from-behind victory against American Denis Kudla and why he has to focus on his next match, against Adrian Mannarino. Video courtesy Tennis Australia. Watch more video and live matches at www.ausopen.com.
Dominic Thiem didn't have a lot of memories to rely on when he fell behind two sets to love against Denis Kudla of the U.S. on Thursday at the Australian Open. The fifth-seeded Austrian had come back from the deficit only one other time in his career (2014 US Open, d. Gulbis). Make that two times. Thiem advanced to the third round in Melbourne for the third consecutive year, hitting 57 winners and persevering 6-7(6), 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3. “I'm of course more than happy to be in the third round again,” Thiem said on court after the three-hour and 48-minute contest. Thiem, who's reached back-to-back semi-finals at Roland Garros, now sits a round away from matching his best showing...