F. FOGNINI/D. Thiem
6-4, 7-6
THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.
Q. How are you feeling about the match? What is your assessment? You got close in the second set. What do you think made the difference tonight?
DOMINIC THIEM: Yeah, I'm really frustrated right now obviously. Well, things have improved again since Madrid. That's good. I looked at the stats after the first set on the big screen. Actually they are getting better and better. The first-serve percentage, first-serve wins, second-serve wins actually had better stats in the first set. Just zero out of three break points. I have to play better those close points.
That's what I did at 4-5 in the second when I came back. Yeah, then at 6-5 he played a great game with four first serves. I was hoping to break him there and get things going even better for me.
Tiebreak was not good for me. Obviously in the tiebreak you get a little bit tighter. That's where the forehand is still not there when things are getting tighter. That's the way it is now.
On to the next one.
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