Thiem hopes that “the button will open” for him in Dubai

Doha – For Dominic Thiem, it goes on to the next tournament station in Dubai earlier than hoped. The Lower Austrian drew the short straw 6: 7 (3), 6: 2, 4: 6 against his Spanish opponent Roberto Bautista Agut in a quarter-final thriller in Doha on Thursday. Instead of preparing for a semi-final duel with Andrej Rublew, who was still free of play during the tournament, a corona test including the following hotel room quarantine was due on Friday.