Dominic Thiem he will have chores to attend to before he makes his first tour appearance next season. It seems that the chaos that concerns the ATP circuit also occurs in the extra-sports life of many of the players. The end of 2020 left a victory in the courts of Alexander Zverev, immersed in a tug of war with his old representation agency from which he came out with a very beneficial agreement. Now, another of the protagonists of the circuit will have to step on the same stage in a case that presents some similarities.
One of them is that the other person involved is someone who was also part of the life of the player in question. Is Gunter Bresnik, Dominic’s former coach. They both became nail and flesh, but their paths parted. Since then, a crossroads of statements began in which secondary actors such as Thiem’s father also appeared. The former teacher of the reigning Us Open champion was wildly critical of Thiem’s actions, but it seemed the waters had finally calmed down. Until now.
And it is because Bresnik has decided to sue Dominic for the astronomical amount of 450,000 euros, as Spox reports. It is not something new, in fact: both saw the faces in the trial today, a busy day for Thiem. The reason for the complaint? Gunter claimed that money in reference to what Thiem earned in the first quarter of the current season, for contracts and sponsorships closed when he was still the manager of the Austrian.
It seems that after the separation in the contractual relationship, Bresnik received an amount close to 12 million euros, asking for 30% of Dominic’s earnings in various sponsorships in which he had participated later. What they offered Herwig Straka (Thiem’s current manager) and his ward was either a down payment of two million euros, or 10% of those sponsorship deals. Bresnik firmly rejected these two proposals, and later both have seen each other again in court.
Of course, both parties managed to reach a agreement. Both Bresnik and Thiem will engage in talks with a judicial mediator in between, with the aim of being able to solve this mess and find an agreement that satisfies both parties. This whole process, which if successful would end the process out of court, would begin at the end of February … right after the Australian Open. We will see to what extent it will be possible to achieve this and we will see how all this affects Thiem’s performance in the first Grand Slam of the year.
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