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The postponement of the start of the tennis season due to the coronavirus pandemic also has something good for Dominic Thiem. The Austrian tennis star is able to spend Christmas at home with his family for the first time in years and has also received a special Christmas gift: the US Open Victory Cup.
As difficult as the circumstances were due to the current year’s pandemic, the year 2020 was equally successful for Thiem. “We look back on a curious year, but from a sporting point of view, 2020 was really sensational for me. I started the season with my entry to the Australian Open final, and ended the year with the final at the London Masters. “The US Open overshadowed everything, of course. In New York I was able to fulfill my childhood dream with the first Grand Slam title, indescribable moments,” he summed up the Lower Austrian tennis year on his blog on Christmas Eve.
Thiem: “My best Christmas present is the United States Open Cup”
The trophy for his debut success at the highest level took a long time to travel from New York to Lichtenwörth. “The” silver treasure “has only been in my living room for a few days; three months after my final victory against Alexander Zverev, the trophy finally arrived in Austria. The famous jeweler Tiffany on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan made a duplicate meticulously the trophy, a security service gave me the jewel personally in Lichtenwörth. Great cinema! “Thiem reported.” My best Christmas present under the Christmas tree this year is the American Open Cup, “he said.
The cup also makes you want more, with Thiem even preferring a win in one of the four major tournaments to first place in the ATP world rankings. “I want to win another Grand Slam, that’s my top priority. Being number one is also at the top of my list. But another great victory counts almost more in my personal ranking,” wrote the third in the world.
The 27-year-old also trains during the Christmas holidays. It is important to work on the condition, after New Year’s Eve it is more intense on the tennis court. On January 13, Thiem is planning a trip to Melbourne, where the first climax of the season will take place after a quarantine. The Australian Open will begin on February 8, where Thiem was only defeated in five sets in the final against Novak Djokovic.
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