Günter Bresnik will be the coach of Dominic Thiem of Galo Blanco at the ATP Masters 1000 tournament. And don’t miss a rally, of course.
The destination wasn’t really Madrid. For Dominic Thiem and head coach Günter Bresnik, the destination is a few kilometres northwest of Paris. Bresnik is of course pleased to note that his protégé in the Spanish capital finished various series by Rafael Nadal just over two weeks before the start of the French Open.
“Dominic was extremely disciplined,” Bresnik told tennisnet. “The mistakes Nadal made were largely due to Dominic’s game. Nadal didn’t even know where he was going a few times.” If, viewed from the outside, simple balls would result, the pressure on the losing player would increase all the more. Thiem had to make this experience in Monte Carlo at 0:6, 2:6.
“Dominic returned very well, served very cleverly, Nadal worked up his crossballs with his forehand – and then played some inhuman balls with the forehand longline,” Bresnik continued. Smart and disciplined.
However, Günter Bresnik also warns that success against a man who has previously won 50 sets in a row on ashes is not a licence to take part in the final.
“Kevin Anderson in the semi-finals of an ATP Masters 1000 tournament on sand is an interesting task,” said Bresnik, to put it into perspective right away: “Especially in Madrid it’s really bad, because the serve is even better.
In principle, however, Günter Bresnik sees Dominic Thiem again very close to his top form – not least in Monte Carlo or Barcelona. Thiem would have finally overcome the two breaks (at the beginning of the year due to an illness, after Indian Wells due to the ankle injury). “Compared to last year, Dominic is physically even better now,” said Bresnik.
Against Kevin Anderson he will need every Jota Fitness – Thiem has lost all previous matches against last year’s US Open finalist. Two of them in the tie-break of a decisive set.
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