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First set: Nadal* 4-3 Thiem (* denotes server) Nadal’s most comprehensive service game of the night. He requires just seven shots to hold to love. 9.13am GMT
First set: Nadal 3-3 Thiem* (* denotes server) Thiem is out-hitting Nadal by about 10 kph on both wings. It means the match looks like it’s on the Austrian’s racket with the fifth seed working Nadal a long way behind the baseline. But this is not Nadal’s first rodeo and a power gap does not mean a power deficiency for the muscular lefty and he reminds Thiem who he’s dealing with when he spanks a forehand winner with masses of topspin. At 15-30 the game is alive and the latest in a long line of gorgeous points unfolds with both men hitting beautiful shots one way then the next before Thiem drills another forehand winner. The game soon follows.
Three service holds, just one point conceded for Thiem so far.