Madrid Open 2023 is currently the focus of the felt ball village. This is the Masters 1000 for both men and women, held in Madrid, Spain. The tournament takes place within 2 weeks, from April 25 to May 7.
Currently, Madrid has just closed the third day of competition. Accordingly, the men's singles have completed the first round, thereby identifying the 48 best players into the second round. Of these, there is Dominic Thiem.
Since returning after injury, Thiem's performance has not been stable. Especially in this season, the Austrian player loses constantly and is often eliminated early in the tournaments. To run the momentum for France to expand, he was attending the tournament on the ground.
In the first round of Madrid Open, Thiem's opponent is Kyle Edmund – class 498 ATP. Entering set 1, the two players create a fairly balanced game. Going to Game 6, Thiem faced 2 break-point, but successfully saved.
Sang Game 9 hinges, Thiem excellently won the first break, thereby gaining advantage. After that, the Austrian player did not make any mistakes to successfully defend the game 10. He closed set 1 with a 6-4 victory.
Set Set 2, everything becomes easier with Thiem. Accordingly, the US Open 2020 champion won 3 consecutive breaks in games 3, 5 and 7.
In the end, Thiem defeated Edmund with a score of 6-4, 6-1 and officially won tickets to the 2nd round of Madrid Madrid Open 2023. Notably, his next opponent will be the No. 2 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas. This match will take place around 18:00 tomorrow 29/4.
Meanwhile, Andy Murray had to stop early. Encounter Andrea Vavassori, the former No. 1 in the world received a defeat of 6-2, 7-6 (7).
