Dominic Thiem on the trail of Danny Ocean
Dominic Thiem invites you to a showdown in Kitzbühel. Gael Monfils has already confirmed for "Thiem's Seven" from July 7th to 11th. Austria's number one emulates great role models.
by Jens Huiber
last edit: Jun 03, 2020, 08:17 am
The inclined Asterix reader knows: "Bis repetitia non placent." Well, it was of course the great Julius Caesar who inimitably captured this wisdom (even if it originally comes from Horace, one of the most feared verbal servants of the world Antiquity). So repetitions don't like it, said Caesar. Not knowing that a little more than 2000 years after his sudden death, Steven Soderbergh comes around the corner and conjures up a top-class re-make (the original dates from 1960) with "Ocean's Eleven".
Danny Ocean, played in the new version by George Clooney, gathers eleven comrades around to rob a casino mogul in Las Vegas of his not well-earned fortune. At Dominic Thiem there were at least seven - Casino Kitzbühel should still be safe.
Thiem welcomes seven colleagues in Kitzbühel
At the foot of the Kitzbüheler Horn, however, the tennis balls should fly in a world-class manner between July 7th and 11th. This is guaranteed by the host of "Thiem's Seven". Not to be confused with the "Magnificent Seven", first in German-speaking cinemas in 1961. Yul Brynner set the pace at the time, international superstars like Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson and James Coburn were happy to follow, as was Germany's number one export article at the time , Horst Buchholz (almost unforgettable as Chico). The problem with this fine company, however: Two groups of four, as provided in the concept by Dominic Thiem, would not have been possible to form with the seven cowboys.
Speaking of Charles Bronson: It was also part of the “Dirty Dozen”, maybe a successor idea, should “Thiem's Seven” turn out to be a success as expected. Dominic could also take on the role of the emotional and factual leader here, in the original 1967 film Lee Marvin was so free. There are currently candidates for a dozen washed with water, but maybe Brad Gilbert also has to be persuaded to make a spontaneous comeback, Jeff Tarango's number should also look for Dominic just in case.
Federer and Zverev like Moore and Curtis once did
Roger Federer and Alexander Zverev demonstrated the absolute master class last fall - on their pleasure trip through Central and South America with a final trip to China. It had a lot of "Die 2" with Roger Moore and Tony Curtis, of which there were only 24 episodes between 1970 and 1971, to the fans' dismay.
Naturally, Federer and Zverev never achieved this number of show matches. For Dominic Thiem, only one colleague is considered for such a trip of two anyway: Dennis Novak, recently also a proud member of the top 100 players in the world.