Dominic Thiem reacts to new Career High: "I remember this date for a long time"
Dominic Thiem has set a new best ranking in his career so far since Monday. Due to Roger Federer's injury break and loss of points due to the tournament victory in Dubai 2019, Thiem moved up to third place.
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Mar 03, 2020, 07:38 am
"I remember this date for a long time, this day makes me extremely proud," said Thiem to the Krone about his next milestone. Although appearances are deceptive: Both Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal have consolidated their positions at the top 2 in the ATP ranking with their tournament victories in Dubai and Acapulco.
Thiem also commented for the first time on his mixed performance in Rio de Janeiro, where he already failed in the quarter-finals against Gianluca Mager in the ATP 500 tournament. “After the Australian Open, I didn't feel so physically tired - I felt more in my head. The short time-out was good for me. I really needed that, "said Thiem, who is currently in Los Angeles.
In the past few days he has been sightseeing and relaxing on the beach in Santa Monica, but he has been working on his fitness for a few days now. Together with physiotherapist Alex Stober, fitness expete Mike Reinprecht and father Wolfgang, he put on a fitness block, now several days of intensive tennis training in Indian Wells will follow, where he wants to defend his title at the Masters 1000 from the previous year.
“I can be extremely dangerous on hard court, I want to show that again. The anticipation for Indian Wells and Miami is huge, so I have to get everything out of myself, "said Thiem.