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In addition to Dominic Thiem, Jürgen Melzer was another Austrian on the day of the ATP Finals final in London yesterday. There was no happy ending for the 39-year-old Viennese and his French partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin. The surprise finalists lost to the Dutch-Croatian pair Wesley Koolhof / Nikola Mektic with 2: 6, 6: 3, 5:10.
“The final was a bit lopsided from the beginning. There would have been more to it,” Melzer said after the loss. The frustration quickly disappeared, because qualifying for the final was a great and rather unexpected success in the late autumn of a long race. Melzer ends his professional career at the end of January after the Australian Open and assumes the position of sporting director of the Austrian Tennis Association. I may still play at the French Open and Wimbledon as an encore, but that should be a pleasure project. Like his twin partner Roger-Vasselin, Melzer is happy to finally get out of the security “bubble” thanks to Corona. “The last few weeks have certainly been extremely difficult, also for both of us, because we were far from our family. We both have children,” Melzer said and took a deep breath: “Everything is falling down now and nobody is putting a stick on us. ” Accepting the position of athletic director was ultimately a decision for his family. Melzer has a son and is married to former swim star Fabienne Nadarajah.
