TIL Desk Sports/ Dominic Thiem defeated Rafael Nadal 7-6(7), 7-6(4) in a gruelling encounter of the ATP Finals at London’s O2 Arena on Tuesday. The world No.3 overcame the Spaniard, ranked one place above him on the ATP rankings, in the first set, a tie-breaker, in 72 minutes after saving two set points and kept his nerve to seal the game by winning the second set in another tie-breaker.
Thiem is now 2-0 in round-robin play in Group London 2020 and has improved his chances of reaching the semi-finals for the second successive year. The Austrian will face Andrey Rublev in his final round robin match on Thursday and look to earn his 300th tour-level win.
“The match was at a very high level with all strokes. I am very happy with the way I served, because most of the time when I get the first serve in, I am on the offence and I have a good percentage to win the point,” said Thiem after the match.
