Günter Bresnik on criticism of Thiem: "Let be carried away to stupid statement"
Günter Bresnik spoke to the Kronen-Zeitung about the currently bad relationship with Dominic Thiem and Co.
by Florian Goosmann
last edit: May 24, 2020, 09:36 am
After Bresnik and his star student split up in spring 2019, both sides initially seemed to be avoiding a war of roses. In the end, this was not successful, possibly because it was more between Thiem and Bresnik than "just" a normal student-trainer relationship. “It is clear that the story with Dominic hurts a lot. It was a life's work for me, ”the 59-year-old said in a video interview from krone.tv a few days ago.
And it's not just the departure of Dominic Thiem that hurts the star coach. "It is also very difficult for me to lose Wolfgang, who was not just a great coach for me, but a long-time friend."
However, the Thiems were not alone in looking for a jump, Jurij Rodionov, Dennis Novak and Sebastian Ofner also switched from Bresnik's tennis school to Wolfgang Thiem . What did not surprise him, however, said Bresnik. Thiem, Novak and Ofner were “a well-rehearsed trio”. "" If I had the opportunity to train with a player like Dominic, I would always notice it. "Not using a training partner like Thiem" would be absurd ".
Bresnik: "History that does not improve the relationship"
There are still no attempts at rapprochement between Bresnik and Team Thiem. However, Bresnik was self-critical about his statement made weeks ago , without him Thiem would be a future player and Papa Wolfgang would be a club coach in Seebenstein. "These are stories that do not improve the relationship," Bresnik knows. He had "definitely said" how the career really would have gone, is in the stars. "Of course, such a story was not intended for the public. "But now and then I get carried away by such stupid statements."
In general, it was probably a problematic point that his role had been emphasized in this way. "It may be a problem for parents if someone has been called a Thiem maker."
What had broken everything was still the big question for him. "I never had a problem with Dominic, never had a problem with his parents. How that came about is still unclear to me to this day. " Thiem himself had recently explained that the reasons were known to Bresnik.
In retrospect, when it comes to dealing with the environment, one can always think about what was better, says Bresnik. “But I'm not a person who can be bent. I prefer to knock stones before I do something that is not with me. "