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Patna : World No 5 Dominic Thiem, 26, Austria, reached quarter-finals of Australian Open (AO) 2020 beating World No 10 Gael Monfils, 33, France, in straight sets at Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on January 27, 2020. Thiem has entered QFs of Australian Open for the first time. Monfils had reached QFs of Australian Open in 2016 and also the SFs of US Open the same year.
Fifth seed Dominic Thiem, twice French Open finalist, beat 10th seed Gael Monfils 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 in 1 hr 50 minutes in 4th round winning 4 break points in the match besides winning 3 games in a row. Monfils though fired 9 Aces in the match to 2 by the Austrian.
Thiem’s winning percentage both on his first and second serve ( 85 % & 78 %) was much higher than that of Monfils ( 62% & 48 %). However, Monfils won 60 service points to 57 by Thiem, who fired 31 winners besides making 19 unforced errors.