After reaching the pinnacle of his career in 2020 with victory in the first Grand Slam of his career at the US Open, a wrist injury and an almost endless series of related problems sucked Dominic Thiem into a negative vortex that ultimately is not came out just a few months ago.
Until then, the Austrian had managed to climb up to third position in the ATP rankings and was even able to compete with tennis “sacred monsters” such as Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic or Andy Murray.
Precisely in relation to the so-called ‘Fab Four’, Thiem revealed to Tennis Channel the most embarrassing moment he experienced in a locker room. The 29-year-old from Wiener Neustadt candidly said he shared the same seat with his famous colleagues: “Actually it must be the first time I’ve been in the same dressing room with Rafa, Roger, Novak, Andy, you know, I mean see these guys when you’re only 10 on TV and then you’re next to them in the locker room and they don’t know what to say.
You’re like, ‘Oh! Who is?’ I mean, I didn’t even know these guys were real. So it’s quite embarrassing, not for them, but for me” said Dominic Thiem.
After a decidedly disappointing start to the season in terms of results, Dominic Thiem has recovered and week after week has returned to move up the standings.
In recent statements to Tennis Head, one of his coaches, Jez Green, assured that the real Thiem would be back soon: “Dominic has been at the top in the past and working with him is a very interesting project.
His fitness situation is very funny: his former coach was really old school and didn’t care much about that aspect, things have changed since my arrival.
We’ve improved his schedule and he’s doing things he’s never done before.”
Roger Federer has left a huge footprint
Novak Djokovic has praised his great rival Roger Federer.
“His footprint, his legacy, the mark he left will live on forever,” Novak Djokovic said when asked about Federer during a conversation with Prakash Amritraj.
“Even now that he has retired, his legacy will remain for many decades and generations to come. Not only has he achieved so much on the court, but he has inspired so many young players to pick up a racket. .
There are so many top players talking about it now, Roger was their idol. He’s great, he speaks to his greatness about him.”
