Wolfgang Thiem – “I would decide that again” tennisnet.com

Austria lost 2-1 to Italy at the start of the 2021 ATP Cup in Melbourne. I have the only point Dennis Novak against Fabio Fognini. Dominic Thiem he lost both his singles and his doubles to Novak.

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The start was tailor-made, but in the end the Austrian team had to admit defeat to the Italians 1: 2. Dennis Novak opened Group C at the 2021 ATP Cup in Melbourne with a 6: 3 and 6: 2 against Fabio Fognini . A great assist for Dominic Thiem, who never found his rhythm at 2: 6 and 4: 6 against Matteo Berrettinin. In doubles, the four individual players faced each other for a decisive comparison of strengths, which Fognini and Berrettini won with 6: 1 and 6: 4. The cast of this last match did not correspond to the original plan of both sides, but when the things get difficult, the instinct of the players and coaches sometimes has to serve.

In the case of Austria, this just spoke against the announced Philipp Oswald and Tristan-Samuel Weißborn, Thiem and Novak had also played together several times. And a few years ago in Kitzbühel he even won the doubles on the racket. But as it is, the Austrian team is under pressure on Thursday against France and of course it depends on how Monfils and company fare against Italy on Tuesday night to Wednesday.

Wolfgang Thiem: “Dominic has lost a bit of his serve”

Austria’s team boss Wolfgang Thiem was very satisfied with Dennis Novak in cool conditions (“That’s why Melbourne is the city with all four seasons that can blow up here in one day”). And he doesn’t see any major issues for his son Dominic for next week if the Australian Open takes place at the venue.

Wolfgang Thiem in front of tennisnet.com …

… on Dennis Novak’s win against Fabio Fognini:

“In my opinion, Dennis played a very good match. After the break in the first game he struggled to get into the match. And especially in the second set, he really showed consistency. Because Fognini fought until the end. When Fognini shoots the winner of the game. longline at 40:15, Anderson’s game memories are certainly back (in Vienna, red editor’s note.) went up. It was an important victory for him. “

… on Dominic Thiem’s ​​loss to Matteo Berretini:

“Dominic was good in the first two games, then he lost a bit of his serve from 2: 3 in the first to 0: 3 in the second. Berrettini played very well, very strongly, reacted well to various meeting points, to the second Serves came back extremely aggressively. It took Dominic time to rack up points. In the end he almost got tight again, but overall he was already too thin. Berrettini’s win is okay. Dominic usually needs a few matches to get come in. I hope he’s better against Monfils on Thursday. He’s doing well in training, now Dominic just has to take him to the game. “

… on the decision to compete in doubles with Thiem / Novak:

“The five of us decided that, we came to the conclusion that Ossi still need a few days of training after the hard quarantine. We would make the decision like that again. Doubles always hang by one or two points. In the second set it could easily be possible. It was 5-2 for us. But overall, you have to honestly say that the Italians were better. Fognini has already won a Grand Slam tournament. And Berrettini played very well. “

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