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Thiem has taken a medical timeout ahead of the third set. He said he felt something in his achilles when he took a spill earlier in the second.
Medvedev will need to make a bit of history if he wants to return to final: he’s winless in six career five-set matches and has never won from two sets down.
Second-set tiebreak: Medvedev 6-8 Thiem
Thiem wins the opening point on his serve, then Medvedev does the same in outlasting his opponent out a bruising 33-ball rally for 1-all. Medvedev then goes down a minibreak with an unforced error early in an exchange, but Thiem gives the minibreak back with a miscue of his own a few points later for 3-2. Both men hold their next six service points until Thiem faces set point serving at 5-6. He holds it with a 117mph first serve out wide that Medvedev can’t get back in play, then wins the next point on a Medvedev unforced error. Now it’s Medvedev facing a set point serving at 6-7. He saves it with a 123mph unreturnable serve, but Thiem pounces on a very poor drop shot on the next point for the crucial minibreak. Serving at 7-6 for the set, Thiem flummoxes Medvedev with an inside-out forehand/forehand down the line combo to win the point and stake a commanding two-sets-to-none lead!
Two sets for Thiem
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