INTERNAZIONALI BNL D'ITALIA

May 9, 2022

Dominic Thiem

Press Conference

F. FOGNINI/D. Thiem

6-4, 7-6

THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.

Q. How are you feeling about the match? What is your assessment? You got close in the second set. What do you think made the difference tonight?

DOMINIC THIEM: Yeah, I'm really frustrated right now obviously. Well, things have improved again since Madrid. That's good. I looked at the stats after the first set on the big screen. Actually they are getting better and better. The first-serve percentage, first-serve wins, second-serve wins actually had better stats in the first set. Just zero out of three break points. I have to play better those close points.

That's what I did at 4-5 in the second when I came back. Yeah, then at 6-5 he played a great game with four first serves. I was hoping to break him there and get things going even better for me.

Tiebreak was not good for me. Obviously in the tiebreak you get a little bit tighter. That's where the forehand is still not there when things are getting tighter. That's the way it is now.

On to the next one.