C2 Thiem edges through in Paris, Carreno Busta knocked out
PARIS: Austrian fifth seed Dominic Thiem battled into the last 16 of the Paris Masters on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) with a 6-4, 6-7 (3/7), 6-4 victory over German lucky loser Peter Gojowczyk.
The 24-year-old Thiem, who has Thiem moved through the gears at reached the French Open semithe crucial moment to claim the win with four straight points on was made to work hard in the the Gojowczyk serve. capital before eventually setting up a third-round tie with either Fernando Carreno Busta slumped to a 6-4, Verdasco or Kevin Anderson. 6- 1 defeat by home wildcard
In a tight opening set, Thiem Nicolas Mahut to leave his World grabbed the only break in game Tour Finals hopes in the balance. - The Spaniard currently holds portunities pass by. the eighth and last spot for the
Gojowczyk battled hard in the year-ending event in London, but second set, but the match appeared his loss gives added hope to the to be over when world number six likes of Anderson and Juan Martin Thiem broke in the 11th game. del Potro, among others.
The plucky German had other Argentinian Del Potro takes ideas, though, as he broke back on Joao Sousa in his opening before storming through the resultsecond-round clash on Wednesing tie-break to force a deciding set.
Neither player managed to even champion needing to reach his create a break-point chance for the fifth successive semi- final to overhaul Carreno Busta.
South African Anderson, who Nadal at Flushing Meadows, needs a run to at least the quarterfinals to keep h i s hopes alive.
But S am Querrey ’s Tour Finals bid is over, after the big- serving American suffered a 6- 4, 6- 4 loss to Serbian qualifier Filip Krajinovic.
Querrey will end a successful season in which he reached the - side the world’s top 10.
Nadal will secure the yearend world number one ranking on Wednesday with victory in his second-round clash against South Korean Hyeon Chung at Bercy. Austria’s Dominic Thiem returns the ball to Germany’s Peter Gojowczyk during their first round match at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 indoor tennis tournament on Wednesday in Paris.