Aged only 30, Dominic Thiem seems to be at the end of its rope. Struggling this year, the Austrian clearly intends to say stop and put away his rackets. According to Salzburger Nachrichtenthe former winner of theUS Open would have decided to put away his rackets in 2024. He would like to end his career at home, at the Vienna tournament, scheduled for October 21 to 27. According to this same media, Thiem would have already informed his sponsors and would therefore be confident about this decision. His brother and manager announced that the main person concerned would speak at the end of the week.
Dominic Thiem continues to hang on in 2024
“You have to ask yourself if it’s still worth it”
2024 was the last chance but, obviously, Thiem feels he can no longer. “I see this as my last chance.” he declared at a press conference at the end of January. “I’ve been back for two years since my injury, and I finished 2022 in about 100th place and last year in 98th. Should I finish the year in 100th place again? wondering if it’s still worth it. For the past two years, I’ve been in areas of the rankings where I don’t want to be. Of course, it’s testing me. There are a lot of things happening to me. that I hadn’t experienced in years, like worrying about not being able to enter the main tournament competitions.“117th in the world this week, the Austrian probably no longer has any hope of returning to the high level, having felt severe pain in his wrist at the start of the year.
Thiem shone until the 2020 ATP Finals…
Ghostly for several seasons, Dominic Thiem was, however, a machine until his coronation at theUS Open in 2020. Winner of 17 career tournaments, the Austrian also played in two finals Roland Garros and one toAustralian Open. He won a Masters 1000, Indian Wells in 2019, beating in the final Roger Federer, and twice reached the final of the ATP Finals. Winner five times against a world number 1, Thiem ended his greatest period in 2020. His last feat of arms, a success against Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals of ATP Finals. The Serb was number 1. Operated on his wrist at the end of 2021 and returned in March 2022 after nine months of absence, Thiem never found his tennis again despite an impeccable state of mind. Perhaps he will manage to shine one last time in the coming months…
