Dominic Thiem before hard court season: "I'm glad that clay court season is over"

The match is still in the bones, the La Ola wave of the audience in memory and the national anthem still in the ears. Dominic Thiem has rarely been so happy about a title as on Saturday in Kitzbühel. He may have won a smaller tournament, but the importance for an athlete to triumph in his own country became clear to everyone. There is no such thing as a matter of course in victory.