Dominic Thiem: is he luring Rafael Nadal to Kitzbühel?
It would be a sensation: Dominic Thiem obviously does everything he can to bring superstar Rafael Nadal to his invitation tournament in Kitzbühel.
by Florian Goosmann
last edit: Jun 07, 2020, 10:11 am
Thiem is organizing the exhibition event "Thiem's 7" from July 7th to 11th - Gael Monfils and Matteo Berrettini, among others, are already ready for the starting field. Apparently Thiem wants to sign the clay court superstar: Rafael Nadal!
"I spoke to him on the phone, made this exhibition palatable to him, " Thiem told the Kronen-Zeitung . "It would be a huge attraction for fawn." The total prize money is 300,000 euros, 100,000 euros are waiting for the winner.
Thiem and Nadal have had exciting duels in recent years, including the French Open Finals 2018 and 2019, with the better outcome for Nadal, the 12-time winner in Roland Garros. Most recently, Thiem had won in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in a five-set thriller.
It is currently still unclear whether Nadal will accept the invitation. An exhibition series is currently taking place in Spain, but without "Rafa". He had recently shown himself less enthusiastic about tournaments without spectators on site, which the US Open is currently planning, for example.
Thiem is currently at the Generali Austrian Pro Series in Vienna and is planning to participate in other invitation tournaments in Berlin , Nice, Belgrade and Belgium.
"Thiem's 7": Dennis Novak also at the start - a place is still free
Dennis Novak is also Thiem's best buddy in Kitz, as well as Karen Khachanov, Andrej Rublev and Borna Coric. And Monfils and Berrettini. be. This leaves only one place in the field. Wolfgang and Dominic Thiem, together with the Kitzbühel organizers, around Markus Bodner, Herbert Günther and Florian Zinnagl, want to announce the name next week. If his name was Rafael Nadal, the sensation would be perfect!