Open de Nice Cote d'Azur, Nice, France, ATP 250

[britbox]

Sousa takes out Anderson 7/5 7/5. Zverev a break up on Simon in the opener 4/2. It's these sort of matches that Sascha needs to start winning if he's going to lay heavy markers down.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

yay. that's got to be the best win of zed's career, down a break in the 3rd to mr Idon'tmindrunningalldayandpushing simon.

zed has hardly any points to defend for months (after last years challenger rank pts dropped off last Monday), that's the 2nd long match he has won this week, nearly 3hrs today and a bit less in 1st rd..

thiem machine and zed could meet in the final if stuff goes the right way.

 

[britbox]

Results from the Nice Open Men's Singles Quarterfinal matches on Thursday

1-Dominic Thiem (Austria) beat 7-Andreas Seppi (Italy) 6-3 6-3
8-Alexander Zverev (Germany) beat 2-Gilles Simon (France) 6-3 6-7(6) 7-6(1)
5-Joao Sousa (Portugal) beat 3-Kevin Anderson (South Africa) 7-5 7-5
Adrian Mannarino beat Guido Pella 5-7 7-6(4) 6-1

 

[britbox]

8-Alexander Zverev (Germany) beat 2-Gilles Simon (France) 6-3 6-7(6) 7-6(1)



Big win for Sascha. As said in earlier post, it's matches like these that he's going to need to start winning regularly to continue his rapid progression.

 

[britbox]

1-Dominic Thiem (Austria) beat 7-Andreas Seppi (Italy) 6-3 6-3

 

[britbox]

Semi Final - Nice Open

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Dominic Thiem (1) v Adrian Mannarino

H2H: Thiem leads 2-0

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[britbox]

Semi Final - Nice Open

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Joao Sousa (5) v Alexander Zverev (8)

H2H: First Meeting

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[britbox]

Hoping to see a Thiem and Zverev final here #nextgenwars

 

[Moxie]

Mannarino's the weakest link in that quartet. I saw the end of Thiem/Seppi today. Dominic is looking very solid, from what I saw. Sousa is not completely reliable, and "Zed" (as JLLB calls him) is very ambitious. I think we might just get the GenNext battle in the final. Here's hoping.

 

[Billie]

Thiem will probably be in the final and I wouldn't mind seeing either Sousa or Zverev there as well.

 

[Moxie]

And so it will be: Thiem manhandled Mannarino, and Zverev beat Sousa in 3, so we get the GenNext final. (Also, these guys could meet again next week in the 3rd round of RG.)

 

[britbox]

Nice Open FInal

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Dominic Thiem (1) v Alexander Zverev (8)

H2H: Thiem leads 1-0

2016 Munich SF Clay Dominic Thiem Alexander Zverev 4-6 6-2 6-3

Src: http://www.stevegtennis.com/
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[britbox]

I'd expect Thiem to win this, but Zverev is improving in a hurry.. he actually pushed Thiem closer in Munich than expected.

 

[Moxie]

I'd also pick Thiem, but I think it will be a fight. (And now I have extra reason to hope for a long one. )

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

zed is quality..thiem better look out, or maybe his ass goes down in three.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

zed stops play with claret dripping out of his hooter.

 

[britbox]

zed stops play with claret dripping out of his hooter.

WTF

 

[britbox]

Seems Ok now, but Domic up a set (6/4).

 

[herios]

Thiem wins as I expected: 6-4, 3-6, 6-0.

Great job in defending his first title.

 

[britbox]

Thiem wins as I expected: 6-4, 3-6, 6-0.

Great job in defending his first title.

Another title for Dominic - great stuff. Good to see the Z-man grabbing the second set though... he's getting there.