Winner of his first Grand Slam at theUS Open last September, Dominic Thiem has taken another step forward. The 3rd in the world reached the final of theOpen d’Australie, of the Masters of London and won his 1st Major at New-York. The appetite comes with eating and the Austrian confirms it. On its website, Thiem returned to his beautiful 2020 season but also spoke of his ambitions for 2021.
Dominic Thiem, winner of the US Open 2020
“Finally I’m on vacation!”
Tired after his crazy end of the season with the sequence US Open, Roland-Garros then indoor tour at the end of the year, Thiem expressed his need to rest first before focusing on 2021. “Finally I’m on vacation! My first Grand Slam title in New York, reaching the finals in Melbourne and the Masters – a very successful season has come to an end. Now I am going to relax for ten days, going abroad is not possible due to the pandemic, that is why I am going to spend my days at home in Austria. No workouts, no dates, and I will only be turning my cell phone on for a short while – I also want to fully charge the battery as I have big goals for 2021, although no one knows exactly , when we will be allowed to get started in Australia “, he first wrote.
“I am going to participate in the Summer Olympics in Tokyo”
Like many great players, Dominic Thiem targeted the Olympic Games 2020, which will take place at Tokyo in 2021. “I will be participating in the Summer Olympics in Tokyo from July 23! I’ve been thinking about it longer, and next year it finally fits into my tournament schedule. And I can’t wait to compete for a medal. My trainer Nicolas Massu won two gold medals in Athens in 2004, he told me about the incredibly wonderful emotions. I want to feel those kinds of emotions myself. For an athlete, the atmosphere at the Olympics must be unique, I want to immerse myself in everything“, he explained. Dominic Thiem will probably have very high ambitions in Grand Slam, especially at Roland-Garros tournament that had him the most smiles before his title at Flushing Meadows. We will still have to count on the Austrian in 2021 without a doubt.
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