Dominic Thiem gave Diego Schwartzman a gripping fight in the Paris quarter-finals, but after more than five hours had to pay tribute to the exertions of the past few weeks.
It is not often that Dominic Thiem is physically inferior to his opponent towards the end of a match, but on Tuesday evening this phenomenon was actually observed at Court Philippe-Chatrier. In terms of physique, the Lower Austrian, along with Rafael Nadal and Novak Djoković, is the ultimate in tennis, and for many observers he is even the fittest player ever.
