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After the city hall was closed, Dominic Thiem healed his feet and left Paris. The focus is on the ATP finals.
Vienna For Dominic Thiem, the tournament at home in the city hall ended in the quarterfinals. Unsurprisingly, the US Open winner is quitting the Masters 1000 tournament in Paris-Bercy and would rather heal his right foot ball injury ahead of the ATP Finals in London (starting November 15). As explained by physio Alex Stober, it is not “a typical blister”, but “rather a hematoma of the tissue of the metatarsophalangeal joint with incipient irritation of the periosteum.”
Thiem manager Herwig Straka stated that the 27-year-old had to fight over and over again. “Everybody has their weak point or their Achilles tendon somewhere. With him it’s obviously the foot, ”says Straka. In any case, everything is done by the equipment manufacturer from your shoe and insole manufacturer. “We do everything with Adidas, it is measured, it is tested and it is tested over and over again,” says Straka.
The organizer criticized Novak Djoković. The world number one had said goodbye with a listless performance and then bluntly admitted that his trip to Vienna served primarily to secure the number 1 position by the end of the year. “I find those statements expendable, even if you believe it, you don’t say that at any press conference,” Straka said.
Rublew vs. Sonego. In place of Thiem and Djoković, their quarter-final conquerors Andrej Rublew and Lorenzo Sonego will compete in the final of the Erste Bank Open today (2pm, ServusTV live). Fifth-seeded Rublew benefited in the semi-finals with a score of 6: 4, 4: 1 from the retirement of South African Kevin Anderson. Italian Sonego defeated Daniel Evans (GBR) 6: 3, 6: 4. ⫻
(“Die Presse”, print edition, November 1, 2020)
