Dominic Theim is waiting for the victor of todays upcoming match between Denis Shapovalov and Alexander Zverev to see who he will face off in the finals of this tournament right before the French Open begins.
Alot of big names will be back to play in Roland Garros. Hopefully Roger Federer and Andy Murray will come back and be in full health to bring an exciting tournament in Paris this year.
Yesterday Shapovalov almost lost versus Edmund. If it wasn't for the person who shouted during the serve Edmund would of returned that shot and not have gone into a tie breaker in the second set. But the chair referee didn't call it a lay and awarded Denis with the ace.
So its looks like Thiem vs Zverev for the Madrid Open. Zverev has a easy game to go an get past Denis Shapovalov 6-4 6-1. I'm sure the Thiem is riding high on his win over Nadal, ending Rafa's unprecedented 21 match unbeaten streak on clay.
Also Shapovalov, did set a record in the losing effort, becoming the youngest player to reach SF in Madrid. But I will go for Zverev here, I don't know but I have the feeling that Thiem will choke on this one. (This is just my opinion!)
Well not this time I guess , he has been in great form and more than that if you defeat number 1 player when he is playing at his best on his favorite court I guess his confidence will be sky high . I hope he wins it because he deserves it
Next week we may see another Nadal v Thiem match in ROME .
Should be good match between Thiem & Zverev, both had great tournaments but Thiem had much tougher opponents to beat to get to the final. I am going for Thiem here because of their h2h. On this surface it is clean 3:0 in his favor. I am also eyeing doubles final and think to back Bryan brothers but for some reason Nitrogen Sports doesn't have this match in their offer.
Zverev has already won the first set of the game by 6-4 and he is currently leading the second set as well by 3-1. I know a lot of people were betting on Thiem to win since he was able to oust Nadal but Zverez might likely pull an upset.
Dominic Thiem fell to the younger Zverev. So I guess what Babygun was saying is true.
It does drain on the older players like Federer and even Thiem only at 24 but you can see those long matches he had to fight for and come back from did a toll on him. And Nadal really tested him, not like Alexander who won all his matches in straight sets in this Spanish Open.
Watching Zverev lifting that trophy right now.
It is a spiral golden baton from the looks of it.
I like the French Open La Coupe des Mousquetaires and British Open championship cup.
They have something to hoist up by the winner.
Congratulations to Alexander Zverev on winning this one and looking forward to seeing him try and winning at Rolland Garros which will be more open without Federer taking part in this years tournament.