After a mixed season so far, with the kick-off at the French Open as the climax, Austria’s tennis ace Dominic Thiem has announced his appearance at a premiere: the lawn tournament in Mallorca, which is new to the tour program. The 27-year-old received a wild card for the 783,655 Euro Mallorca Championships.
The tournament will take place with the start of qualification on June 19, the week before Wimbledon. “After the early exit in Paris, the break until Wimbledon would have been very long,” Thiem was quoted in a broadcast on Friday. Thiem had lost in Paris in the first round against the Spaniard Pablo Andujar in five sets.
“The tournament in Mallorca is a perfect opportunity to get some additional match practice before Wimbledon. I’m happy to be there at the premiere of this lawn tournament. ”In 2016, the Lower Austrian had already won a lawn title in Stuttgart. This year he has not added another to his 17 tournament victories on the tour.
Will Pique Thiems take over management?
The tournament director on Mallorca is Toni Nadal, the uncle of superstar Rafael Nadal is delighted with the commitment of the 2020 US Open winner. “We are very pleased that Dominic Thiem, one of the most successful players of recent years, is coming to our tournament in Mallorca” said the Spaniard. The event organizer is Edwin Weindorfer, representing the Austrian emotion group. His partner Herwig Straka was Thiems manager until the end of May.
According to a report in the daily newspaper “Heute” on Friday, the Kosmos agency is to take over the management of the fourth in the world from soccer star Gerard Pique. The Barcelona player is responsible for the new Davis Cup final tournament, which will be held for the first time in 2019.
Reunion with Kyrgios possible
On Mallorca, Thiem will face the Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta, the Norwegian Caspar Ruud, the Russian Karen Chatschanow, the Australian Nick Kyrgios, with whom he had a legendary five-set match at the Australian Open in the third round, veteran Feliciano Lopez and the US -Meeting Americans Sam Querrey. A maximum of 1,500 spectators are admitted to the 250 event per day.
