In 2023, Dominic Thiem was in a very bad form. Since the beginning of the season, the player of Austrian has won only 1 match in the first round of Argentina Open, the rest lost up to 12 matches.
Latest, Thiem continues to be eliminated from the first round of Miami Open, the Masters 1000 tournament was held in the US. Encountering the Italian opponent Lorenzo Sonego, Thiem received a defeat quite quickly after 2 sets. This is also the 7th consecutive defeat of this player.
Entering set 1, Thiem to lose break early in game 4. Go to game 7, he has 2 chances to reclaim the break but cannot take advantage. Coming to Game 9, the Austrian player accepted to lose 3-6. Set 2 witnessed Thiem's great effort. He played to eat with Sonego, then the two players joined each other with a score of 6-6 in game 12.
On the tie-break series, Thiem proved completely inferior to the opponent. He lost 2 mini breaks and lost 2-7 gap. This result also caused the US Open 2019 champion to stop in the first round of this year's Miami Open.
After the battle, Thiem was extremely disappointed. He even almost cried before leaving the field. Currently, Thiem is still outside the top 100 ATP and is expected to slip on the rankings.
