On Tuesday on ServusTV: Thiem Spirit Part 2 - Dominic Thiem's path to the US Open title
Next Tuesday the Austrian tennis fans can look forward to a concentrated load of Dominic Thiem . First the Austrian will start in the Erste Bank Open (live on ServusTV and in our live ticker), at 8:15 p.m. ServusTV will review the US Open victory of Lichtenwörther.
by Michael Rothschädl
last edit: Oct 26, 2020, 11:39 am
Austria has had its next Grand Slam champion for almost two months. Exactly 25 years after Thomas Muster, another Austrian, Dominic Thiem, has managed to play his way to victory in one of the four big tournaments. At the US Open, which was held together with the Western & Southern Open as the first event after the interruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 27-year-old won a thrilling final against Alexander Zverev.
From the mixed start against Jaume Munar, who had to give up after two sets, to the big test in round three against Marin Cilic, to the three gala performances against Felix Auger-Aliassime, Alex de Minaur and Daniil Medvedev to the heartbeat final against his friend Zverev - ServusTV will take a close look behind the scenes of this exceptional success on Tuesday at 8:15 pm in the second part of the documentary "Thiem Spirit: Dominic Thiem's path to US Open victory" .
Thiem first live, then as a documentary
With voices from the title holder himself, from the defeated Zverev, with insights into the Austrian's training - the documentation is particularly intended to show the hard work, which also impresses colleagues like Djokovic and Nadal. Before that, the Austrian will also be shown live in action on ServusTV, the third in the world ranking will start in the Erste Bank Open on Tuesday against Kei Nishikori.
How deep the insights behind the scenes of Dominic Thiem will be, ServusTV sports director Christian Nehiba already hinted in an interview with tennisnet : "We were, I can already reveal that with regard to the second part of the documentary" The Thiem Spirit " , with his grandparents, watched the grand finale with them. That will also be one of the big highlights of this documentary. "
In the run-up to the Erste Bank Open, partner Red Bull and Dominic Thiem caused a sensation with a video that shows the defending champion of the ATP 500 event in Vienna while sightseeing through Vienna with friend Dennis Novak.