Currently, the focus of the world felt village is Estoril Open. This is ATP 250 on the ground. The tournament was held in Monaco, France from April 3 to April 9.
At Estoril Open, one of the most notable names is Dominic Thiem. Before coming to Monaco, the Austrian player was in a bad form in 2023. Accordingly, he only won only 1 match in the first round of Argentina Open, the rest lost 13 matches.
However, at Estoril Open, Thiem is gradually regaining confidence. The US Open 2019 champion has a perfect start when defeating Sebastian ofner. In the second round, he continued to defeat No. 8 Ben Shelton seed to win tickets to the quarterfinals.
This match, Shelton entered the game better when winning the break easily in Game 2 to take the lead 2-0. However, Thiem now seemed to wake up the Austrian player who won 3 breaks in consecutive games 3, 5 and 7, thereby winning 6-2 easily in this set.
Set Set 2, everything becomes easier with Thiem. The Austrian player won first in game 3 with a white win. Going to Game 5, Thiem has 4 break Points and has taken advantage of. Set 2 then continued to end with a 6-2 difference in favor of the Austrian star.
In the end, Thiem defeated Ben Shelton with a score of 6-2, 6-2 and officially won tickets to this year's Estoril Open quarter-finals. Here, his opponent will be Quentin Halys, who has the same type of seed No. 4 Roberto Bautista Agut.
