Alex Stober: Hugo Gaston brought Dominic Thiem "to the edge of madness"
Alex Stober , physio and constant companion of Dominic Thiem , spoke to the Kronen Zeitung about his protégé's match against Hugo Gaston - and gave the all-clear with regard to the regeneration of the US Open winner.
by Michael Rothschädl
last edit: Oct 06, 2020, 09:23 am
In the end, it was 58 stops that Hugo Gaston made in his first Grand Slam round of 16. The young Frenchman has found a really effective means to pull the nerve of Dominic Thiem, who is clearly superior from the baseline , with that stop orgy even pushed the world number three to the brink of defeat.
Annoyed, perplexed and nervous, Dominic Thiem, who had performed so confidently so far at the French Open, suddenly pushed almost every dropshot of his counterpart out of the way, next to the line - or got stuck directly on the net strap with his counter attempt. The rate of successful stops, it spoke an impressive language in Gaston's favor.
"I haven't seen a player in a long time who has such a great feeling," said Thiem after his five-set success. "His stops are simply from another planet, I had to sprint to the net 400 times. If he keeps playing like this, he'll be a really big player," said the Austrian. Physio Alex Stober, on the other hand, found more drastic words for the Frenchman's game: "It was a very good test for him. And for all of us a completely new experience against a player who almost brought him to the edge of madness."
Stober: "Physically he is fine"
In addition to the "400 net sprints" that Thiem spoke of following his progress, it was above all a mental battle, as Stober emphasized. In addition, such a long match also throws your own sleep rhythm off track, "half past one" was finally on Sunday. Accordingly, the concern among Austrian tennis fans is how big the reserves at Dominic Thiem are.
Especially because the Austrian himself always emphasized in the press conferences after his successes that he could no longer go to work with "full tanks". In this matter, however, Stober gives the all-clear: "He's physically fine." On Monday, "light training" is the order of the day, regeneration is now in the foreground.
Thiem vs. Schwartzman as the third match after 11:00 a.m.
Everything so that Dominic Thiem can go as fit as possible into his quarter-final duel with buddy Diego Schwartzman, the nimble Argentine who is one of the favorites after his victory over Rafael Nadal in Rome at the latest. The head-to-head before today's clash as well as the world rankings speak for a victory Thiem, the quarter-final duel is scheduled as the third game after 11:00 a.m. Here you can follow the match in the live ticker.
The duel Thiem vs. Schwartzman was also a topic in the tennisnet podcast. Just click on "Play" below and listen!
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