LATEST TENNIS NEWS – DOMINIC THIEM DOWNS HAIDER-MAURER IN ST. PETERSBURG

Written by: Staff on 24th September 2015

LATEST TENNIS NEWS - DOMINIC THIEM DOWNS HAIDER-MAURER IN ST. PETERSBURG

epa04908295 Dominic Thiem of Austria serves to Daniel Gimeno-Traver of Spain during their match on the second day of the 2015 US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA, 01 September 2015. The US Open runs through 13 September, which is a return to a 14-day schedule. EPA/RAY STUBBLEBINE |

Dominic Thiem defeated fellow Austrian Andreas Haider-Maurer 6-2, 7-6(2) on Wednesday to move into the quarter-finals of the St. Petersburg Open. No. 3 seed Thiem was in no mood to offer a wedding present to the recently married Haider-Maurer, striking seven aces, no double faults and finishing the match in 85 minutes after going six-for-nine on break chances.

Simone Bolelli broke a three-match losing streak with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 opening-round victory over wild card Andrey Rublev. Looming in the second round is top seed Tomas Berdych, currently No. 5 in the Emirates ATP Race to London. The Czech is next in line to qualify for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.

Teymuraz Gabashvili swept past qualifier Yaraslav Shyla 6-2, 6-2 for his 100thtour-level win and set a meeting with fourth seed Roberto Bautista Agut. Gabashvili saved all three break points faced in the 54-minute match.

Marcel Granollers earned a confidence-boosting 6-3, 6-3 win over Thanasi Kokkinakis and now plays seventh seed Joao Sousa. The Portuguese overcame qualifier Radu Albot 3-6, 7-5, 6-4.

Benjamin Becker, No. 71 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, edged World No. 154 Andrey Golubev 6-4, 1-6, 6-4. Becker broke serve in the final game of the match to set up a second-round meeting with Denis Istomin.

( Courtesy of the ATP and Original Link – http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/thiem-sousa-advance-wednesday-st-peterburg-2015 )

Topics: Andreas Haider-Maurer, Andrey Rublev, Atp World Tour, Benjamin Becker, Dominic Thiem, Joao Sousa, Marcel Granollers, Radu Albot, Roberto Bautista Agut, Simone Bolelli, Sports, St. Petersburg Open, Tennis News, Teymuraz Gabashvili, Thanasi Kokkinakis, Tomas Berdych, Yaraslav Shyla

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September 24, 2015 at 10:03 am

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