Alexander Zverev on Dominic Thiem's comeback: body as a big question mark
Alexander Zverev commentedon his friend Dominic Thiem's comeback plans after his quarter-final success at the Erste Bank Open. And emphasizes that an injury like Dominic Thiem's should not be underestimated.
by Michael Rothschädl
last edit: Oct 30, 2021, 07:19 pm
(Too) little attention was paid to a humorous appearance by Alexander Zverev on the social media channels of the Erste Bank Open. In the Instagram quiz, which was about guessing the names of the most famous Austrians, that of Dominic Thiem posed very few problems for the native of Hamburg. Cup in hands, Zverev proclaimed without further ado: "This trophy should be mine," grinned the German into the camera ( here you come to the video! ).
Zverev quickly emphasized that he was only joking, only to underline again in the final sequence that it should actually have been him who should have won the US Open last year. The 24-year-old now seems to have digested the bitter defeat in Flushing Meadows 2020, when Zverev had already been in the front with 2-0 sets and a break. A process - the fourth in the world rankings recently made little secret of it - that had demanded a lot of strength from the German.
Thiem's body as a question mark
Thiem himself is currently working on his comeback far away from the biggest courts in the tennis world. For the 28-year-old, a wrist injury at the ATP 250 event in Mallorca meant the end of a messed up season in 2021. Now the points are set to return. In any case, the Austrian could rely on his playful qualities on this, as Zverev also emphasized on the sidelines of the Erste Bank Open: "No question at all," said the Hamburg-based man, "there is nothing to shake about Dominic's tennis and technology. He will become these strengths can be retrieved quickly ", the German is convinced.
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The big uncertainty factor, however, is the Lichtenwörther's body, as Zverev explained: "The big question mark is his body. This type of wrist injury is tedious for a tennis player, especially with a one-handed backhand." His brother Mischa would have suffered a similar injury with the experience: "You have to be extremely careful with a story like this." Advice that Thiem from Hamburg could also give personally. A joint dinner for the figureheads of German-speaking tennis is planned for the weekend.