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Patna : Top seed and World No 5 Dominic Thiem, 26, Austria, and World No 15 Diego Schwartzman, 27, Argentina, will clash in the final of Erste Bank Open (Vienna Open), an ATP World Tour 500 points event, at Vienna, Austria, on October 27, 2019.
Dominic Thiem defeated 3rd seed Matteo Berrettini, 23, Italy, in a three-set thriller 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 in 2hr 33 minutes in semi-finals on October 26, 2019, rallying back from one set down. Thiem won 5 break points in the match to 4 by World No 11 Berrettini. Both the players won 4 games each in a row in the match. The Italian fired 11 Aces in the match to 9 by the Austrian.
Fifth seed Schwartzman brushed aside 4th seed Gael Monfils, 33, France, the World No 14, 6-3, 6-2 in 74 minutes in the semi-finals on October 26 winning 4 break points in the match besides winning 4 games in a row. Schwartzman won 39 service points to 27 by Monfils.