Generali Open 2022: Dominic Thiem - "Coaching? Not much has changed there”
Dominic Thiem is playing against Yannick Hanfmann today to qualify for the semi-finals of the Generali Open 2022 (from around 3 p.m. live on TV and live stream on ServusTV and in our live ticker). Coach Nicolas Massu's role during the match has not changed.
by Jens Huiber
last edit: Jul 28, 2022, 07:08 am
What a festival it was for the eyes and especially for the ears when there was still on-court coaching with the wired trainers on the WTA tour. Every visit by Ronnie Schmidt to Anastasija Sevastova - highly explosive. Sam Sumyk's visits to Garbine Muguruza's bank - a single misunderstanding. Darren Cahill's lectures to Simona Halep - of the highest educational value.
Unfortunately, the ATP did not want to expect the fans to have so much fun. Although coaching from the box is no longer prohibited, the whole thing has not really picked up speed yet. On Wednesday in Kitzbühel, Jurij Rodionov briefly asked coach Richard Waite why his serve wasn't working, and he also got an answer to this question, but apart from the two involved, only Jürgen Melzer, who was sitting directly in front of Waite, heard it.
Watcher for Tsitsipas
Dominic Thiem, on the other hand, heard and saw everything that came from Nicolas Massu. And that was no less or more than before the coaching was approved by the ATP. "Not much has changed there," said Thiem after his three-set win against Sebastian Ofner. Only now there would be no more penalties. If you get caught.
Which can also lead to wonderful scenes like the meeting between Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas at the Australian Open at the beginning of the year: Eva Asderaki was posted as a watchdog in front of Apostolos Tsitsipas' box, who once again intervened very offensively in his son's game Has. At that time still illegal.
In the case of Dominic Thiem, however, it is now the case that at the age of 28 he is getting back on track without much input from outside. And if the serve works as well as in the match against Ofner, then there is no need to ask Massu about this topic.
Here is the individual tableau in Kitzbühel
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