In February last year, Dominic Thiem added former top 10 Chilean Nicolas Massu to his team after he broke off his professional relationship with Gunter Bresnik. Together with Massu, the Austrian won his first (and so far only) Masters 1000 trophy at Indian Wells 2019 and defeated Roger Federer in the last game.
He later reached Roland Garros’ final game and the 2020 Australian Open, beaten by Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. A few weeks ago he defeated the German Alexander Zverev in the final of the US Open, which was his first major success.
At the finals in London he reached his second final in a row and this time lost to an excellent Daniil Medvedev.
What did Nicolas Massu say?
After the final in Melbourne, Dominic rose to third place in the ATP rankings: a step that he still takes today, right behind Novak Djokovic and the Spaniard Rafael Nadal.
“I think we get on very well, both professionally and personally,” said his coach Massu. “We have excellent communication, a lot of respect and the will to improve every day.”
These are the words of the former South American tennis player as reported by Essentially Sports. The Wiener Neustadt champion will take part in the Melbourne Grand Slam in a few weeks, where he will try to defend last year’s excellent result.
The Austrian’s goal is also the Olympic Games in Tokyo, which have been postponed by twelve months due to the coronavirus emergency and are now one of Thiem’s main interests in the new season. “In the way we work, we always try to give 100% every day,” said Massu.
Finally, the Chilean commented on the role that cultural differences play in the relationship between the two: “I think this strengthens us because we have different personalities, but we share the same passion to always be the best version of ourselves.
We don’t even have a huge age difference, this helps us to have great energy both on and off the field … Personally, I believe that we are getting to know each other more and more and building more trust every day. “Photo credit: ATP Tour
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