Wimbledon: Dominic Thiem after Aus - "I was already annoyed"
Dominic Thiem leaves disappointed but not frustrated after his kick-off at Wimbledon. Lawn will always be a complicated thing for him - because there is no time.
by Florian Goosmann from Wimbledon
last edit: Jul 03, 2019, 12:17 am
The numbers were especially damn bitter for Dominic Thiem towards the end. They were 7: 6 (4), 6: 7 (1), 3: 6, 0: 6 against Sam Querrey, and especially from the middle of the third set the match rushed past Thiem, who has been the better one so far The player with the better chances . Among other things with two pieces to win the second set, which would have meant a 2-0 set lead for Thiem if successful.
Now it was 1: 1 in the sets, no broken legs - but Thiem broke his neck in two situations in the third set, especially since he had "felt on top" until then: "At 3: 3 I did not use my seventh or eighth break chance, even though I had a good grip on the ball, "said the Lichtenwörther explaining his anger at the press conference. "I was already annoyed. And then he immediately used his first chance. That was hard for me." In the fourth sentence there was not much left. Querrey started the final round "on fire" - "and if you're behind him with a double break, it's almost impossible to come back."
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Querrey ultimately made nine games from 3: 3 in the third set to the end of the match, in the meantime he won 19 out of 22 points, in the fourth set Thiem made only five - bitter. The game to 0: 3, with three winners, "he would probably break every player in the world," said Thiem, who assured that he had not let himself down, even if it might have appeared to the outside world. "Especially on grass, things can quickly go the other way again."
Changeover time to lawn is short
Thiem looked disappointed, but realistic, given the annual problem area between the end of the sand season and the start on grass. "The clay court season is pretty exhausting. I gave everything physically and mentally in these six weeks until the end of the French Open." Then directly, without encountering Querrey, "who loves the grass - that's very hard."
Although Thiem himself likes the lawn, as he assured, the time problem will probably not change in the future. "If I get far at the French Open, it will be tricky," said Thiem, who had canceled a planned start in Halle this year due to a "state of exhaustion". Other players may find it easier to make the switch, perhaps because they are more experienced "or more talented on grass," Thiem considered. He just doesn't really have time to develop on grass, "the time is too short for this. Some players feel very comfortable on grass from the ground up, that's just not the case with me."
Dispute with Serena Williams ended
Will things be different in the coming years? With a different preparation? Difficult. "I hope that I will always play well at the French Open . And then playing right away is dangerous for the rest of the season. I'm not a machine that can run to 100 forever. So it was right what I was doing made this year. "
Thiem takes something positive from Wimbledon: the settlement of the dispute with Serena Williams. He had already met the American during training on Tuesday, and she had explained to Thiem what went wrong in the interview scandal at the French Open . "I'm glad I found out how it really was. She couldn't help it. It was a mistake by the press organizers, so it was a relaxed and good conversation. It was a good thing that took place."