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Monday’s outing was very promising: US Open champion Dominic Thiem showed no nudity despite a difficult draw against Marin Cilic. Against American qualifier Jack Sock, who is currently only 310, Thiem is a huge favorite in the second round of the French Open on Wednesday. But the two-time Roland Garros finalist has too much experience to underestimate Jack Sock.
Especially since the 28-year-old, who has won more than ten million dollars in prizes in his career, fell in the ranking. “He never had an accident in his life, he got engaged, only in tennis,” Thiem said with a smile. “He had an incredible year in 2017, he won the Masters at Paris-Bercy and qualified for London at the last second and played there in an incredible way,” recalled Lichtenwörther. Then Sock installed in early 2018 and never came back.
But now Sock has worked his way up the rankings and defeated service giant Reilly Opelka in three sets. “It doesn’t matter what kind of accident I have committed: if someone has already been number eight in the world, then they are a really good tennis player, so I will be in the game from the beginning,” Thiem said. .
His tactic will be to avoid the “incredible right wing” socks. “I’ll make sure to get to his backhand from the opening.”
It is quite possible that you will be able to see Thiem in long sleeves again. “I love to play in long sleeves, I train very often in long sleeves. If I was a footballer, I would only play in long sleeves. So it makes me feel good that I now wear long sleeves at a Grand Slam,” Thiem said. With some amusement he also looked at the different outfits of the competition because of the cold. “Some girls have those long trench coats on, so there is more style than usual.”
Thiem did not react with a snort to the question that the ratings in the US Open final were much lower than in a final with one or two of the “big three”. “It is normal because Federer, Djokovic, Nadal are world superstars and I hope we are on our way.” What the current generation is missing are many great successes. Thiem emphasized that there were many “interesting characters” among the younger generation, as well as in his own generation.
One of these interesting characters would actually be Jack Sock, who didn’t make the breakthrough despite his Masters 1000 title at Paris-Bercy and his run in London in 2017. “I heard he’s pretty good on clay. I heard he’s played. pretty good the last few weeks, “Sock joked when asked about Thiem. “I think he will be called the new clay king after Nadal.”
Sock will try to dictate points himself. “If he moves you a lot and controls the points, it won’t be a good day against him,” Sock said.
Those: APA
