Jürgen Melzer has confidence in Dominic Thiem's Paris title
Dominic Thiem is one of the favorites in the French Open 2019. Jürgen Melzer confirmed this status in an interview with APA.
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last edit: May 22, 2019, 04:05 pm
Melzer and Thiem contested the double in Rome last week and failed on lap two to Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo. After a good start - the two Austrians were ahead with a break in set one - that Thursday in the eternal city everything went down the drain. In the morning Thiem had lost his individual against Fernando Verdasco in the third set.
The two Austrians will now go their separate ways, geographically, of course not: Jürgen Melzer will be at Roland Garros alongside Nicolas Mahut, Dominic Thiem will concentrate on the individual until further notice. And the tournament, where he has the greatest chance of a Grand Slam success. Jürgen Melzer agrees, as he emphasized in an interview with APA. Here are some excerpts:
You recently played doubles with Dominic Thiem and cheered him out of his box. In your opinion, is he ripe for the Roland Garros title?
"I don't know what speaks against it. He is certainly one of the four who will make up the title among themselves. For me, Nadal, Djokovic and Thiem are the three who made the best impression on sand and then there is Federer with a question mark. Even if Dominic has now had a slip in Rome, this could be going out for him this year. Nevertheless, Nadal is the top favorite for me. "
Thiem separated from long-term coach Günter Bresnik. Do you think that was an important step for him?
"I think it was not bad for his personality and he is getting more and more on his own feet. You will see how this will develop over the next few weeks, months and years. I think it was necessary for him."
What does Thiem have to work on most to break the top 3?
"He can win on all surfaces. I think you have to give him a little bit of time. Now comes a new coach who has new ideas and who knows, I think, what he still needs quite well. That takes time - he has Patterns that have been running in for years that are not bad at all. We're talking about number 4 in the world, but there are some things he can improve that would make him a much better tennis player, if he doesn't win Paris this year , he'll win it next year or the year after. "
The entire Interbiew with Jürgen Melzer can be found here .