Dominic Thiem, number 3 of the individual classification of the ATP, appeared before the media at the Media Day prior to the start of Australian Open and referred to the absence of Roger Federer. «This is probably one of the last weeks that Roger does not play, a very tough opponent less, everyone should enjoy it, “said the Austrian laughing.
Federer’s absence
Roger Federer underwent two arthroscopies in his right knee during 2020. One earlier this year, following his 6-7 4-6 3-6 loss to Novak Djokovic for the semifinals of the Australian Open, his last professional match, while the second was in June, with the circuit completely stopped by the pandemic from coronavirus and in the midst of pains that reappeared.
When does it come back?
Own Roger confirmed that he will return to the slopes for the ATP 250 from Doha, which will be played between March 8 and 13. It was thought that the winner of 20 Grand Slams would want to return for the ATP 500 de Rotterdam, and actually spoke to the director. Because he is training in Dubai and then will play an ATP 500 there, he was tempted to go to the capital Qatar, as the travel distances would be much shorter than if he traveled to the Netherlands.
Dominic Thiem y el US Open 2020
Dominic Thiem comes from winning his first Grand Slam in 2020, the US Open more specifically. The tennis player himself acknowledged that this took some of the pressure off him, although he was forceful about the fact that his goal is to continue adding titles of that caliber. This was made to wait, because although he has been at the top for several years, Federer, Rafael Nadal Y Novak Djokovic the most important trophies are distributed.
Australian Open
Thiem will face the Kazakh Mikhail Kukushkin on February 8 for the first round of the Australian Open. The duel will take place in the Rod Laver Arena, main stadium of the tournament, immediately after the end of the match between Serena Williams and the german Laura Siegemund, which will begin after the meeting between Naomi Osaka Y Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, scheduled for 11AM local time.
While we are all sad that there is no @rogerfederer at this year’s #AusOpen, @ThiemDomi believes that the players might enjoy having one less strong opponent around ???? pic.twitter.com/BrfIV4IDXS
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) February 6, 2021
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