Thiem takes home unique trophy, $250k at Tie Break Tens

Austria's Dominic Thiem became a hometown hero on Sunday after winning the second-annual Tie Break Tens (TBT) competition in Vienna, picking up a $250,000 prize.

The world No. 9 defeated Wimbledon and Olympic singles champion Andy Murray in the final of this unique competition that consists of only super tie breaks.

The event pitted current and former players against each other in a round-robin and single-elimination format. (What the full replay of the event here.)

Murray led one group, along with Great Britain’s Marcus Willis and Goran Ivanisevic. The second group consisted of Thiem, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, and former world No. 2 Tommy Haas.

Ivanisevic, 45, endured a few old-age jabs prior to the event.

Still, the 2001 Wimbledon champion brought his best, pumping up the crowd with an early overhead winner against Murray, impressive serving and a few tricks:

Murray had one of the best shots of the night with this lob over Tsonga:

But it was Thiem who came out on top overcoming Tsonga, Haas and Ivanisevic on his way to the final. His 10-5 victory was sealed with a Murray forehand unforced error.

Thiem was rewarded with a nice chunk of cash and a very unique trophy (a gold balloon animal dog on a silver plate). The losers, including finalist Murray, walked away with nothing.

“I think this Tie Break tens has a great future. It’s great fun,” Thiem said.

“It became very, very serious," the 23-year-old added. "But I think it was a good final and I’m happy that I won this tie break thing.”