Stan Wawrinka and Dominic Thiem only played 6 and 18 games last season due to their respective foot and wrist injuries.
I am not lying if I affirm that I feel special predilection for one-handed backhand players. Sampras, Becker, Corretja, James Blake, Denis Shapovalov, etc. I always enjoy watching them play on the circuit or watching them on videos. More if they are regular and compete face to face against the biggest. Either if they themselves are or are a small notch below. Two names come to the fore if these categories are mentioned: Stan Wawrinka y Dominic Thiem. Stan with 3 and Dominic with 1 add up to 4 Grand Slams.
The Swiss, 36, and the Austrian, 28, have been two of the most notorious absences this last season. Two of the leading representatives of players with a one-handed backhand. Stan the Man considered by many to be the best one-handed backhand tennis has ever given. His year ended on March 9 in Doha with a balance of 3 wins and 3 losses. Your injury to the left foot it prevented him from continuing. For his part, the Austrian and former world number 3 said goodbye to the circuit on June 22 in Mallorca for some problems in his right wrist. His season ended with a 9-9 record.
These casualties last year took me away two very good reasons in which I always notice when consuming tennis. In order to follow the sport as an amateur more, some individuals always choose which tennis players to follow and support regardless of your nationality. In this way they get hooked and matches are lived with a fervor and passion unbecoming of a neutral supporter. Such is my case with Dominic and Stan. Imagine that for a moment Barça cannot play games in 2022. This news would shatter the hopes of many Blaugranas who would like to see their team fight for another year. This item is Very harmful for the beautiful sport of racket. If your main idols are not being able to dress short, it is very likely that you lose interest in part. There is the example of Roger Federer.
But not only in terms of tennis monitoring. The consequences go further. Maybe not so much Wawrinka anymore but Dominic Thiem. The Austrian loses H2H against Novak Djokovic by 5 wins to 7. Nonetheless, Since 2017, that of Wiener Neustadt has been imposed in this registry. 5 wins to 3 for the Serbian. In a season in which Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal have also been weighed down by injuries, Medvedevs, Zverev and Tsitsipas have been Nole’s natural rivals. Despite their defeat at the Olympics, US Open and Masters Cup, sus 3 greater than 4 they are a clear threat to the other two representatives of the Big Three and to the aspirants to enter the most absolute elite.
According to the Swiss newspaper NZZ, it is not expected that Stan Wawrinka returns to the ATP circuit until March next year for his discomfort in his left foot. It will do so when it is close to meeting the 37 years old and very far from the top positions of the ranking. In fact, it is now 82nd in the world. But what about Dominic?
The Austrian surprised his fans with his loss at the Abu Dhabi exhibition tournament. However, they can and we can breathe easy. Last Wednesday he commented at a press conference that andyou feel no pain in your wrist but that he still lacks confidence in his right. The ATP Cup was going to be his set-up before the first GS of the year: the Australian Open. On the other hand, he has confirmed that he will not be there and sows doubts about his presence in the Australian Major. I had also confirmed participation also in the ATP 500 in Rio and 250 in Buenos Aires, both in the first weeks of February. Thiem, 15th in the world, wants to get back into the top 10 after more than five years in such a select group.
For the sake of tennis, these two figures must continue to fight for years to come. Because an ATP circuit without Stan Wawrinka and Dominic Thiem is a much less interesting circuit.
