Bresnik considers separation from Thiem "sober as always"
A little over a year ago, Günter Bresnik and his model student Dominic Thiem parted ways. The coach looks back critically at the last days together and afterwards.
by APA
last edit: Mar 31, 2020, 05:33 pm
The ATP tour is at rest, it can be assumed that the Wimbledon tournament will not take place this year either. Difficult circumstances for everyone involved. "You will see how quickly people get back into gear," Bresnik said recently in the APA interview. Especially in the case of physical deficits, the young players could catch up with the seasoned players. "
However, little will change for the absolute top, believes the former Thiem coach and manager. "The people at the top are probably not particularly affected economically or athletically. They are happy when the positions are frozen. Economically, they are all in such a good position that they don't have to work for a lifetime," Bresnik knows.
However, the situation makes "the gap upwards even bigger" because the top is "cemented even more upstairs", says the 58-year-old from Lower Austria. The French Open has already been postponed from May to September, and Wimbledon is also about to be canceled or postponed. A shift is delicate because of the sensitive grass surface.
"It is actually a competitive distortion," Bresnik explains. "If a farmer loses his harvest in summer because there is hail, he cannot do it in autumn either. You have to start all over again."
Bresnik on the Thiem separation - "Things I just don't understand"
For Bresnik himself, the end of the collaboration with Dominic Thiem will soon be coming to an end. The third in the world rankings had separated from the trainer in two stages, then from the manager Bresnik shortly before the French Open. In retrospect, the ex-Davis Cup captain and former ÖTV sports director considers this "sober as always".
"It just keeps getting clearer to me how it went. It doesn't make it any more aesthetic. They are things that I simply don't understand. Honesty, loyalty, values ... there wasn't much adhered to," explained Bresnik and adds, "I don't really have a problem with it, except that you might be annoyed that you were misled. If I owe everything to someone, then I can't deal with him that way. Wolfgang (Thiem) would be a club trainer in Seebenstein and Dominic would be a future player. "
In the Südstadt performance center, Bresnik is one of three people in the operating company, which has been privately run since 2001. The contract was recently extended by twelve years. According to Bresnik, the places there are "booming". He still sees his future in the southern part of the city, but does not rule out renewed engagement on the tour.