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The 29-year-old from Lower Austria was down 6:7(1),0:1 in New York after an attractive first set against the American Ben Shelton and was then unable to continue playing. He felt very bad, he explained to the doctor on the pitch and had previously repeatedly grabbed his stomach.
Thiem had already had to cancel his US Open dress rehearsal in Winston-Salem. According to his manager Moritz Thiem, the reason for this was a “kind of gastritis”.
This made Sebastian Ofner the last Austrian to compete in the US Open. The currently best-placed ÖTV player will play in the night session (from 1:00 a.m. CEST) in the Arthur-Ashe-Stadium against the American number ten Frances Tiafoe.
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