Nadal Thiem Us Open 2018

Playing in his first us open quarterfinal thiem lived dangerously in the fifth set.

Nadal thiem us open 2018. Never acknowledged as a great volleyer nadal bravely came to net at many of the crucial times in the match winning the point 36 times. Photo by usta brad penner. Open last month is 26 4 at roland garros over the past five years and three of those losses came against nadal the. Thiem was the runner up to nadal in 2018 and 2019.

The man who won the u s. Schwartzman outlasts thiem earns semifinal duel vs nadal. Korda 14 years younger than 19 time slam winner nadal admits that he was in awe of the great spaniard growing up. Was a finalist in 2018 and 2019 losing to rafael nadal both years.

World number three and us open champion thiem runner up to nadal for the last two years meets hugo gaston ranked at 239. Rafael nadal 0 6 6 4 7 5 6 7 7 6 dominic thiem us open 2018. The austrian won the us open last month in new york. The 25 year old ended a six match losing streak in grand slam fourth round matches outside of roland garros.

Defending champion rafael nadal dug deep to win the longest match of this year s us open in a classic five set quarter final against dominic thiem which finished at 2 03am local time. I named my cat rafa after him. I could change my return position and this helped me a lot.