ATP Madrid: Dominic Thiem "super satisfied" with tournament despite semi-finals
Dominic Thiem had to give up the sails at the ATP Masters 1000 event in Madrid on Saturday without a chance. Nevertheless, the fourth in the world rankings was quite satisfied with his performance after his departure.
by Michael Rothschädl
last edit: May 09, 2021, 09:41 am
The bottom line was that Alexander Zverev was simply the better man on the pitch on this tennis Saturday in the Spanish metropolis of Madrid. 6: 3 and 6: 4 was ultimately the sad result of a spent tennis afternoon from an Austrian point of view. One tennis afternoon when Dominic Thiem finally had to give up the sails with no chance.
"If I look at the game in detail, I wouldn't change a lot of things. Today it wasn't enough against Sacha, who played really well," said the Austrian himself after his departure. "Today he was the better player on the court and I accept that 100%," said Thiem, who returned to the ATP tour in Madrid after a tennis break of several weeks.
Thiem: "Expects to be physically better"
It was precisely because of this fact that the world number four was also quite satisfied with his tennis week in Madrid - even if it ended so suddenly on Saturday: "I am super satisfied with the week. I never expected that I would make it to the semi-finals or against play a player like him. I have nothing to complain about. Right now I have a lot of things that I need to improve for the next week and the next. I want to come to Rome and train as well as I can, hopefully I can do better there play than here. "
For Thiem, the focus is only on the clay court highlight in Paris, the French Open - by then he wants to be in top form. But that needs a lot of improvement: "I expected to be a little better physically, there are still many aspects to improve, I realize that it is still difficult for me to maintain the intensity over the whole week. Of course there is also some strokes that still need to be improved but I am optimistic about the next week. "