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Dominic Thiem returned to Austria on Tuesday. The newly crowned US Open winner was exhausted but happy at a press meeting in Vienna. Now he needs a few days off, after a week he will start training with a view to the French Open.
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Last edit: September 15th 2020, 5:40 pm
“Physically, I will certainly recover quickly. It takes two or three days,” Thiem said. “What it will be like mentally, I still can’t assess it. For many years a Grand Slam title was every day I was on the pitch, a long-term goal. I don’t expect or expect any big gap.”
With a spectacular comeback in the final in New York, he defeated Zverev after more than four hours in the tie-break of the fifth set. “At 0-2, the idea that it wouldn’t work was stronger than the idea that it would work. But a Grand Slam final was a great opportunity, I wanted to at least fight for every point. Fortunately, I played in the third set for free. . “
Thiem physically carefree
Before that, Thiem had already been to a grand final three times and had lost all three. “With this record, it wasn’t easy to get into the game. The loss in Australia in particular was really painful. I had the feeling of being close there. I don’t even want to imagine what it would have been like if it had happened.” Now it didn’t work again. A 3-0 loss in sets would have been easier to deal with than losing in the tie-break. Maybe I never would have recovered in my career. “
In the final stages of the game, he had cramps and a minor Achilles tendon injury from the semifinals made him feel worried. “The thigh was good again a few hours after the game,” Thiem said. “The Achilles tendon should be 100 percent healed by Paris at the latest. I want to take advantage of the tailwind of the US Open title.”
He will reflect on the trip to New York in the next few days. The 27-year-old noted that the French Open will soon be the next Grand Slam. “I hope to be more relaxed about the big tournaments.”
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Thiem’s schedule for the French Open
Regeneration is on the agenda for the next few days, the weekend he will start training in the sand and on Wednesday he will fly to Paris. “The transition to the sand has never been a problem in the past. The slide is very good for me,” Thiem said. “Physically, it won’t take me long to get back in top shape.” The biggest challenge is sorting through experiences and mentally processing them.
“A lot of people talk about a changing of the guard, but I don’t see it that way,” Thiem said. Djokovic and Nadal are the big favorites. Above all, the Asturian has an advantage because he travels to Paris rested. “I hope to play better and more relaxed,” Thiem said. “I put a lot of pressure on myself in the past because I didn’t succeed. I would have seen my career in tears if I had been denied a Grand Slam title.” Thiem has now marked it in the New York bubble.
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