Dominic Thiem won his second Berlin tournament in the hangar 6 of the Airport Tempelhof beating Jannik Sinner 6-4 6-2 on the hard-court of the Tempelhof Airport in Berlin a few days after winning the grass tournament final at the Steffi Graf Stadium. Thiem won 25 of his 28 matches during the tour suspension.
Thiem did not face any single break points in the whole match and converted three of his six break points (one in the first set and two in the second set).
Sinner saved a break point in the third game of the first set with his serve. Thiem broke serve in the seventh game in 37 minutes after a backhand unforced error from Sinner.
Thiem converted his third break point in the third game of the second set after a 21-shot rally and earned his double break in the seventh game to claim the second set 6-2.
“It was probably my best match during the coronavirus break. I was feeling every ball, so I am super happy and it was probably the best I have played in the last four months. I hope that my next tournament will be the US Open. I am still not 100 % sure if it’s going to happen, but the plan is to go there middle of August. If this is happening then the normal tour is coming back which is what we are all hoping for. I hope it was my last exhibition match for a while”, said Thiem.
Sinner beat Roberto Bautista Agut and Karen Khachanov en route to the final during a very good week.
Sevastova beat Kvitova in the women’s final
Anastasja Sevastova came back from one set down to beat Petra Kvitova 3-6 6-3 10-5 to win the women’s final at the Bett 1 Aces tournament. Kvitova lost her second consecutive final this week after losing against Elina Svitolina on grass court at the Steffi Graf Stadium, which was postponed due to rain and played on hardcourt at the Berlin Tempelhof Airport.
Sevastova earned the first break in the first game of the opening set after 32 minutes. Kvitova broke back in the fourth game to draw level to 2-2. Kvitova broke for the second time at 15 in the eighth game to win the opening set 6-3.
Sevastova got the only break of the second set in the eighth game to win the second set 6-3 The Latvian player claimed the super tie-break 10-5.
Earlier this week Sevastova beat Kiki Bertens and Elina Svitolina to reach the final.
