Dominic Thiem will continue his ATP tour after the Davis Cup and the Laver Cup: The Austrian will start as the title favourite in Chengdu.
Dominic Thiem has left Prague with a perfect record.Once played, once won, and also won against John Isner, one of those men whose playing equipment is not necessarily the number one in Austria.Perhaps it was also due to on-court coaching, not only by European captain Björn Borg, but also by Rafael Nadal, who moved to the bank in the final phase of the Isner match, who provided Thiem with advice on how to return the American’s serve.
Ironically, it was Nadal himself who needed a few tips on Sunday, the world’s number one match against John Isner.
Dominic Thiem does not want to miss the Prague experience, however, because it was an honour for him to be part of the team.Incidentally, the past few weeks have been a repeat of what we have seen: the Austrian Davis Cup team had been preceded by a Gaudi kick against a few Slovenian colleagues.The fact that Thiem also has a magic foot was also noticeable in Prague, by the way, thanks to the cabin camera: while Alexander Zverev was eating himself at the buffet, the Lichtenwörther held the ball with his feet in the air.For minutes.
Chengdu, then.Thiem is placed in first place there, not uncommon at events of the 250cc class.The tournament favorite enjoys a walk-through, the first task could be exciting, especially if it is called Borna Coric.The Croatian has defeated Zverev, the youngest sportsman, at the US Open.And Miami Dominic Thiem.One knows each other quite well, before the Davis Cup match of the Austrians against Romania Coric trained in the Südstadt, maybe he also hit a few balls with Thiem.
The other option would be Guido Pella, the Argentinean.Dominic Thiem played it once, 2016 was? s in Rio de Janeiro.Pella hit everything that day, the Austrian didn’t do so well.Thiem, however, had already struggled hard in Buenos Aires the week before, had not quite arrived in the Brazilian Olympic city, not like in the current campaign, when the 24-year-old celebrated his only tournament victory there in 2017.
In the double, however, there is absolute clarity – in every respect.Dominic Thiem will compete with Jan-Lennard Struff, after a long time again.The German-Austrian pairing has already taken place at the Grand Slam level, Struff and Thiem are not only friends in the tennis circus but also passionate about football, and in particular the affinity for two teams that have justified hopes of a glorious season in the Champions League: Jan-Lennard Struff is committed to Borussia from Dortmund, Dominic Thiem is known for his footballing career at Chels.
The task in round one is interesting, with Leonardo Mayer and Albert Ramos-Vinolas two gentlemen are waiting, who offer decent but by no means indomitable double tennis.Struff and Thiem have different experiences in the Davis Cup in the pair competition: while the Austrian with Philipp Oswald could not succeed, Struff won the important second point for Germany in Portugal alongside Tim Pütz.To secure the World Group class retention on Sunday with a win against Joao Sousa.
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