“I’d like to take advantage of the tailwind for the French Open” tennisnet.com

After his triumph at the US Open he wants Dominic Thiem attack squarely at the French Open in Paris. The newfound ease should help you.

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Dominic Thiem has just fulfilled his lifelong dream by succeeding at the US Open, the next big moment is already waiting for the Austrian: on September 27, the French Open, the Grand Slam tournament in which Thiem is originally more Probably, it will have been expected that the victory would begin.

Physically, Thiem, as he has repeatedly stressed in recent days, should not be lacking for anything in Paris. The big question will be how the world number three will mentally deal with the completely new situation for him. “I can’t tell how excited he is, because that has been the big goal for several years,” Lower Austria told a press conference in Vienna.

Thiem gets into the sand on the weekend

“It will certainly take a while until I realize that. It will only sink when it is well rested,” said Thiem, who will start coaching tennis again at the weekend and will fly to the French capital next Wednesday. According to the newly crowned Grand Slam winner, the change from hard court to sand should be accomplished in 30 minutes.

“I grew up on the surface. The biggest task will be to process everything to fly fresh to Paris,” said the 27-year-old. Thiem did not want to announce a goal for the third Grand Slam tournament of the year, but one thing is for sure: the Austrian will also be one of the absolute top favorites for the title at Roland Garros.

I hope I can face the big tournaments and the big games more easily in the future.

Dominic Thiem

In the last two years, Thiem had reached the final and lost twice to Rafael Nadal. Lichtenwörther see the Spaniard as favorites again this year: “Djokovic and Nadal will be in top form in Paris. If that’s the case, they are always the big favorites. Nadal also has the advantage of being on clay in Europe. He has trained. “.

Thiem from now on with less pressure

But after triumphing at the US Open, Thiem was able to see a huge advantage for himself: “I hope from myself that I can tackle the big tournaments and the big games more easily in the future and then play even better.” Because the pressure of not winning a really great title is gone.

“I’d like to take advantage of the tailwind for the French Open,” Thiem emphasized. So the Austrian will only take time for celebrations after the event in Paris, and the 27-year-old and his friends will be able to toast two Grand Slam wins.

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