The fans are longingly waiting for his comeback, but the tennis world has to be patient. Austria’s Dominic Thiem will not take part in the Grand Slam tournament.
Austria’s tennis star Dominic Thiem is postponing his comeback again after an injury break and does not start at the Australian Open. The 28-year-old announced on Twitter on Tuesday that he had decided not to start his season on the professional tour in Argentina until the end of January.
“We believe it is the right decision to have a good return to the competition.” This means that one of the main competitors of Olympic champion Alexander Zverev will be missing from the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. The Australian Open in Melbourne starts on January 17th.
Federer is not at the tournament either
Thiem suffered a wrist injury at the lawn tournament on Mallorca on June 22nd and recently canceled his participation in a show tournament in Abu Dhabi. The 2020 US Open winner experienced a setback while training in Dubai. “Now I’m fine again, my wrist is in optimal shape and I train normally with very good intensity,” wrote Thiem.
In addition to Thiem’s decision and the cancellation of superstar Roger Federer (Read more about this here) there is a risk of further losses from world-class players for the Australian Open. The Russian Andrei Rublev had recently announced that he had tested positive for the corona virus (more here). Long-time world number one Rafael Nadal from Spain (Read more about this here), the Canadian Denis Shapovalov, the British US Open winner Emma Raducanu, Olympic champion Belinda Bencic from Switzerland and the Tunisian Ons Jabeur.
In the women’s category, the American Serena Williams, Karolína Plíšková from the Czech Republic and Bianca Andreescu from Canada have already canceled their participation.
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