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Dominic Thiem suffers from bruised tissue in the metatarsophalangeal joint of the big toe and has to take a break for four to five days. His start in the ATP Finals is in no danger.
Since Alexander tagger | 3:09 pm, October 31, 2020
After his bitter quarter-final defeat at the Erste Bank Open in Vienna, he said Dominic Thiem As expected, his appearance at the Paris-Bercy Masters tournament starting on Monday. The 27-year-old US Open winner was in a lot of pain in town hall due to problems with the ball of his right foot and was therefore in the match against Andrej Rublew to 6: 7, 2: 6 from the second set with no chance.
However, as initially assumed, it is not a bubble that is making life difficult for Thiem. “It is a hematoma of the tissue at the base of the big toe with incipient irritation of the periosteum. It is very painful and requires some therapy and rest for the next few days for the inflammation to recede,” says Thiem’s physiotherapist. Alex Stober.
And also: “In a few days he will look pretty good again. Despite all the measures we have taken to alleviate this particular area, even with special bandages, we could not prevent the inflammation from spreading. You can resume workouts for four or five days and start preparing for the ATP Finals in London. ” These will begin on November 15 at the O2-Arena.
