Dominic Thiem is hot on sand again
Dominic Thiem has already started preparing for the upcoming appearances in Hamburg and Kitzbühel after leaving Wimbledon early.
by tennisnet.com
last edit: Jul 12, 2019, 10:00 am
If Fabio Fognini has any questions regarding the course of the Laver Cup 2019, he can now officially orientate himself to Alexander Zverev at the upcoming ATP tournament in Hamburg. Until now, the only contact person planned was in the Hanseatic city of Dominic Thiem, so now half of the European selection for Geneva is starting in Hamburg.
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have played at the largest German clay court tournament in the not too recent past, but the two still have obligations at Wimbledon and will not return to the ashes until 2020. Dominic Thiem, however, has long since arrived there.
Thiem first in Hamburg, then in Kitzbühel
The Austrian number one has been training in Vienna's Südstadt for a few days, the upcoming tasks could in the best case bring 750 points for the ATP world rankings. Not unimportant for the Race to London, the annual ranking that determines the participation in the ATP finals in London. There Thiem is in a solid fourth place. However, the memories of the past year are not entirely positive for the 25-year-old from Lower Austria: In Hamburg the Thiem lost to Nicolas Jarry in the semi-finals, in Kitzbühel in his first match against the eventual tournament winner Martin Klizan.
The particular challenges are obvious: While operations in North Germany are at sea level, the Generali Open is about 800 meters up. The flight behavior of the balls at the foot of the Kitzbüheler Horn is similar to that at Hamburg's Rothenbaum, but the spin in Thiem's balls in the Tyrolean mountain air is somewhat better.
Wildcard for Novak in Kitzbühel
Next week, however, the result of the multi-month support of Thiem by ServusTV will be presented, whether the master himself will be at the pre-premiere of the documentary about the highly successful spring of 2019 with the tournament victories in Indian Wells and Barcelona and the new finals in Paris. is still open.
It is almost certain that Thiem will find himself in a tableau with his buddy Dennis Novak in Kitzbühel. The Austrian number two will receive a wildcard like last year.