Roland Garros 2022: Dominic Thiem remains a seeker
After retiring from the French Open 2022 against Hugo Dellien , Dominic Thiem is still looking for a sense of achievement. And will soon play a level lower.
by Jens Huiber
last edit: May 22, 2022, 03:45 pm
By Jens Huiber from Roland Garros
Hugo Dellien had just found a few friendly words for Dominic Thiem after his three-set win on the Simonne-Mathieu court, which did not suddenly start to rain. Not a big issue on sand, who knows if the match against Thiem would have been interrupted at all. And above all: whether this interruption would have changed anything about the dynamics in this match, which had developed for Dellien in the second set with the first break at the latest.
It took a very long time - actually until the very last game - for Dominic Thiem to express his dissatisfaction with facial expressions. A forehand return had just sailed out of bounds, like many before. So ask at the press conference after the end: would he have changed anything on his forehand? Thiem didn't, at least not on purpose, but the two-time finalist in Roland Garros was happy to admit that something had changed visually. As natural evolution. The forehand from 2016 was different from that of 2019.
Thiem in Perugia and Parma at Challengers at the start
The interest in and enthusiasm for Dominic Thiem is still great, not only the grandstands on the third largest show court were packed, but also the press room 2, in which Thiem was relentlessly honest as usual. He shouldn't lose patience, he won't change anything about his team, which is the summary of the execution of the former world number three. The impression that remains: Dominic Thiem is still looking. After the confidence. Also the self-image on the court, as he frankly explained in the English part of the PK. He would still make wrong decisions too often in the rallies.
How it goes on? First of all on ashes in Italy. In Perugia and Parma there are big challenger tournaments, then Wimbledon, where the competition will also hope for success against a prominent opponent. It was no different with him, said Thiem. When he first won against Roger Federer on grass in 2017 in Stuttgart, he did enjoy this victory. But very well noted that Federer had physical problems in that meeting. Just like Dellien was able to confirm this Sunday in Roland Garros.
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