The farewell is close to and the good feelings that Dominic Thiem is feeling are actually beginning to be outlined publicly. Within the draw with a wild card, the Austrian misplaced within the first spherical of the US Open in opposition to Ben Shelton.
Thiem received the primary and solely Slam of his profession in New York in 2020. Naturally. Dom shared his nice emotion within the press convention, after what was the Austrian tennis participant’s final match in a Grand Slam match.
“I used to be in a position to focus fairly effectively on the match. However every part was a little bit bit totally different. I attempted to get pleasure from each second on this stadium. It was very nice,” stated Thiem, who then defined how he got here to the choice to retire:
“I am comfortable, it has been robust in the previous few years, I could not get again to my stage, however as soon as I made the choice this 12 months in March I used to be comfortable about it. I loved enjoying on the tour for a very long time, now I am trying ahead to regular life coming. I believe it isn’t that troublesome for me as a result of I am actually proud of my resolution. In tennis you journey quite a bit, proper now I do not need to journey anymore.”
Thiem, who will finish his profession on the ATP Vienna, analyzed what he’ll miss most in regards to the tennis Tour and life on it.
“I believe the factor I’ll miss essentially the most is the sensation after profitable a giant match, it is probably not corresponding to anything,” he stated.
The Austrian tennis participant then revealed what led him to retire and what he’ll do after the farewell.
“My forehand hasn’t returned to the best way it was, due to that I’ve additionally had psychological difficulties. However the primary purpose is the wrist downside. However I am proud of my profession and I’ve no regrets. The aftermath? I need to delve deeper into the sustainability difficulty associated to photo voltaic power. We now have our personal academy in Austria and it will be nice if gamers from there may compete on the US Open and a very powerful tournaments on the earth,” he defined.
Dominic then stated he hasn’t heard from his rival Rafael Nadal for a very long time: “The final time I noticed him was in Brisbane in January. I used to be in Mallorca in March however he wasn’t there.”