Thiem thwarts Cilic fightback to reach fourth round of US Open

Dominic Thiem of Austria serves the ball against Marin Cilic of Croatia at the 2020 US Open tennis tournament in New York, the US, September 5 2020. Picture: ROBERT DEUTSCH/USA TODAY SPORTS

Thiem had won both his previous meetings with the 31st-seeded Croat and quickly stamped his authority on the evening’s final match on the Arthur Ashe Stadium court with two service breaks in each of the first two sets. Cilic regrouped in the third set, however, and once the former world No 3 found his range the winners started to flow. Thiem, who has reached three Grand Slam finals without success, began to struggle with his second serve and Cilic broke for the first time in the match to go up 4-2 and then forced a fourth set.

“He was returning well and set three and four he raised his level a lot,” Thiem said in his on-court interview. “I didn’t really play worse these sets but he showed what he’s capable of and that’s why it was really tough ... in these matches you need a little bit of luck, from time to time, it’s really close.”

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