World tennis number three Dominic Thiem, prevailed this Friday in the semifinal of the exhibition tournament “Thiem's7” from Kitzbühel to Spanish Roberto Bautista and it happened like this at the end of this event, organized by the Austrian player himself.
The local star prevailed over the Spanish, twelfth tennis player in the ranking ATP, in two and a half hours of play per 6-7 (5), 6-2 and 6-2 and will play this Saturday for the winning check of 100,000 euros ($ 113,000).
In the end, Thiem will face the winner of the match between the Italian Matteo Berrettini and Russian Andrej Rublev. The loser will face Bautista in the match for third place. of Thiem's7, played before a maximum of 500 spectators, always with physical distancing and other sanitary rules to avoid infections with the coronavirus.
This contest is one of those that are disputed in Europe waiting to resume the ATP circuit, suspended since March due to pandemic of COVID-19.