Thiem wins against Bemelmans in the second round of the Vienna Erste Bank Open – messages from the Magazin Sport

Austrian tennis star Dominic Thiem extended the winning streak at the Open Erste Bank on Tuesday night. The 25-year-old has qualified for the round of the last sixteen as the sixth of six seed youngsters, beating Belgian qualifier Ruben Bemelmans 7: 5.7: 6 (5). Niederösterreicher, for example, has the chance on Thursday night to play its second quarter-final in Vienna after 2013.

Thiem had very little access to the service matches of his 30-year-old opponent throughout the match. He had to defend himself even three ruptures early in the first set. "I had a lot of problems with the return," had to admit the local hero. "I only had a chance to take a break from two games, one of them did." After Thiem missed four balls at 5: 4, he used his fifth lead at 1-0 in the sets.

Thiem took over Bemelman's goal in Vienna in two sets

In the second round, the tie-breaker decision was completely eliminated. Then the two players each gave two mini-break projections before Thiem after a 1:45 play time and used his third small advantage. The third world is ranked 134 strokes right. Bemelmans came out just as tight after two small strikes.

"Some things were really good, some very, very bad," said Thiem in the match against the southpaw. "He had an extremely high percentage of serving, I just managed to take part in rallies at my service, but the return must be much, much better in the next game." The opponent of Thursday's match was then determined by the French Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and the American Sam Querrey.

Viennese balance sheet rather contrasted

Thiem is therefore in his previously mixed Viennese record, with seven wins and losses in major competitions. His only quarter-final lost eighth in the world five years ago after 20 years of solid performance against Tsonga in the third set. Since that match, the lightwatcher celebrated the victory with only three victories in Vienna. As a result, relieved and great was his jubilation after precious ball game.

Previously, all the serious rivals of Thiem had also won the seats of the ATP finals in London. The Japanese Kei Nishikori (5) won the opening match Tuesday against American hopeful Frances Tiafoe, whose compatriot John Isner (4) won out on the British Cameron Norrie. Already Monday, the South African Kevin Anderson (2) had won.

Querrey after his victory over his opponent in the eighth final of Tsonga

Sam Querrey is Dominic Thiem's ​​opponent. The American won Tuesday's singles match against Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in a two-man showdown between 6: 3.3: 6.6: 3. Thiem faces the world rankings 56, 31 years old. From Las Vegas 2: 1. In Acapulco, Querrey has avenged a local defeat the previous year in 2017, then to Rome several months later in Thiem.

For Tsonga, it was the first third tournament after a seven-month hiatus in which he retired from 19th place in the world rankings and pulled out of the top 100 at 113th place this week. For the Viennese winner in 2011, it was the sixth kick off of the first exit of the Wiener Stadthalle. In the last two years, Tsonga was in the final. Now, there is no revenge for the 2013 quarterfinal of Thiem against 33 years now.