Nicolas Massu at Kasi Live - "Thiem and Nadal bring the greatest intensity"
When Christopher Kas calls “ tennisnetnews ” in our Instagram account, the answers also come from Chile. Just like on Monday evening from Nicolas Massu , the coach of Dominic Thiem .
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last edit: Mar 30, 2020, 07:31 pm
Nicolas Massu is doing well, first of all. The Chilean, Olympic champion in singles and doubles (with buddy Fernando Gonzalez) in Athens 2004, is currently in his apartment in Santiago. And gladly took a good half an hour to talk to Christopher Kas. Of course, those two gold medals were also an issue - especially since the two Chileans in the final against Rainer Schüttler and Nicolas Kiefer were able to win a match that they thought had been lost several times.
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The whole week at that time was incredibly exhausting, said Massu, who beat Mardy Fish 6: 4 in the fifth set in the final. Gonzalez appeared to be pretty ready for the double finals because he had previously won bronze in a three-hour match against Taylor Dent. Another highlight followed two years later - the victory in Kitzbühel when Massu had to face his semi-final (against Rainer Schüttler) and the final (against Gaston Gaudio) within a few hours. As you now know: successful.
Dominic Thiem can beat any player
The present and immediate sporting future of Nicolas Massu is dominated by Dominic Thiem. He praised in the highest tones: Thiem was one of the few players who can win against every opponent, said the coach. Because he has the necessary fighting spirit. And especially the strokes - Dominic can score from almost anywhere in and outside the field.
After all, Kasi wanted to know what the outstanding feature of Dominic Thiem was. Nicolas Massu's answer came promptly: his protégé's attitude to work. In training as well as in matches. Only one man on the ATP tour can keep up: "Thiem and Nadal bring the greatest intensity to the pitch."