Dominic Thiem’s return from a long injury ended prematurely in the quarter-finals on Friday as he lost to Argentina’s Sebastian Baez at the Nordea Open in Bastad.
Baez came back in the second set by Thiem to register a hard-fought 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-4 win.
Argentina struck a heavy delivery from Thiem and recovered from a 5-4 match point loss on the Austrian’s serve in the second set and finally advanced after two hours and 51 minutes.
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“It was such a tough match. So close,” Badge said in his on-court interview after the match.
“Dominic played well today and I look forward to seeing more of him because he’s a great player, so I hope he can return to the level we know. I’m glad I won today and the tournament.” To stay in,” Baez was quoted as saying in an ATP Tour report.
“I think we both played well today, I enjoyed the fight. Tournaments and grounds are good, so I am happy to be here. The people are so nice, I feel comfortable. I need to recover as much as I can now,” said the winner.
the former World 3 Thiem earned his first Tour-level win in 14 months when he defeated Emil Rusuvuori in the first round before defeating fourth seed Roberto Bautista Agut.
Although the Austrian, who missed the second half of last season due to injury, was unable to cope with the intensity of the badge in the third set, the 21-year-old won his first ATP meeting against 2020 US Open champion Thiem.
Baij is making his debut in Bastad and will face either Andrey Rublev or Serbian Laslo Jere in the last four. Argentina won their first Tour-level title on clay in Estoril in April and are now ranked 31st in the ATP Live rankings.
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