In round two of Paris-Bércy, Dominic Thiem will face Peter Gojowczyk, who beat Ryan Harrison in round one. Gojowczyk has nothing to lose – he stands in the main draw as a lucky loser.
Peter Gojowczyk has adapted perfectly to the conditions on Monday in Paris-Bércy: The winner of Metz presented himself on a green background with the same shirt, perhaps one of the reasons why Ryan Harrison lost his thread in the second set – and Gojowczyk is the first opponent of Dominic Thiem in the last ATP Masters 1000 tournament. Thiem, who is seated in fifth place, has already familiarized himself with the conditions, also passively, and on Monday evening the Austrian with coach Günter Bresnik observed Denis Shapovalov’s appearance against Julien Benneteau.
“Gojo”, as the US-American would say, operates with house money, which means that the 28-year-old from Munich has nothing to lose in Paris. Because he has already lost, in the last round of qualifying against Jan-Lennard Struff – and still got a place in the main draw. Roger Federer’s cancellation.
45 points the success against Harrison was already worthy of the 45 points, almost 30.000. – Euro prize money Gojowczyk surely also likes to take with him.
Dominic Thiem’s result is even after two matches, and last year’s Metz round of the last sixteen, the Austrian had a clear lead over Dominic Thiem. The first game was played in Doha at the beginning of the 2014 season, when the German was able to assert himself.
Dominic Thiem’s current constitution is overshadowed by a big question mark, especially from a physical point of view. It is the feet that cause the Lichtenwörther problems – just like Peter Gojowczyk over a long period of time, albeit elsewhere. Thiem is also indirectly affected by the rejection of the Swiss Basel Champion, and in the quarter-finals the original draw was scheduled to meet Federer. Before that, however, a small hurdle named Kevin Anderson was installed, on which Thiem has always failed until now. Jack Sock was the first training partner in Paris, the pictures of which give little information about how Dominic Thiem is doing under competition conditions.
The first movement against Richard Gasquet in Vienna was quite appealing, after that Thiem lost the thread, probably also because of his physical problems.
All the laws enjoy a walk-through in Paris, good news for players like Thiem or Alexander Zverev, who are struggling with health. Or Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Juan Martin del Potro. The latter have to take their last chance to qualify for the ATP finals in London, Zverev could become the spoilsport for the Argentinean: A meeting in round three has been announced, the last time in Shanghai del Potro had defeated the German number one.
Tsonga, on the other hand, could be held harmless by a direct opponent for a London place: David Goffin. He would also wait for the local hero in round three.
Here the single tableau in Paris-Bércy