Nadal Thiem Us Open 2018

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Nadal thiem us open 2018. Rafael nadal beats dominic thiem in an epic grueling five set quarterfinal turning around his performance from a disastrous opening set to clinch the match in dramatic style. In the end nadal won 165 total points to thiem s 171. Trading the colosseum for arthur ashe stadi. Nadal is aiming to retain his us open crown this week but must get past talented 25 year old thiem to reach the last four.

Nadal and thiem clashed four times including in the roland garros final and the us open quarter finals one of the year s best. Rafael nadal trademarked the deep return position strategy during the 2017 us open and dominic thiem has copied the pattern this fortnight and achieved his best us open result in 2018. 08 28 wed sep 5 2018. The match ended at 2 04 a m with nadal surviving 0 6 6 4 7 5 6 7 7 6.

If ever two tennis players could be called gladiators it was rafael nadal and dominic thiem in this 2018 epic. By mikael mckenzie published. Defending champion rafael nadal dug deep to win the longest match of this year s us open in a classic five set quarter final against dominic thiem which finished at 2 03am local time. Nadal would win five of his first seven fedex atp head2head meetings against thiem who was proving himself one of the best clay court players in the world.

The 32 year old who is the only player to advance to the last eight at all four majors in 2018 defeated thiem in this year s roland garros final to lift his 17th grand slam trophy. Rafael nadal apologised to dominic thiem at the net after their gruelling five set us open battle but the austrian was not buying any of it. But in 2018 the pair s rivalry ascended to a new level.