The 28-year-old Austrian tennis player has long struggled with a wrist injury, which has left him in the current 352nd place in the world rankings. Since his return in March, Thiem has not won a single match, but he is doing everything he can to break his black series of seven lost matches in a row.
He is currently training in the Austrian town of Traiskirchen, where, however, he caused a stir among the locals. Thiem sometimes accompanies his play with a loud speech, and it was his heckling and dressing only halfway that offended the inhabitants of the Austrian city so much that they called the police to him – due to disturbance and suspicion of shooting a ticklish picture.
The winner of the US Open 2020 took the situation with humor. “This is not the first time people have complained. But it’s always quite funny and incomprehensible. However, I understand that it can sometimes be disturbing and strange, “Thiem told the Ö3 radio station.
The two-time finalist of the French Open from 2018 and 2019 said, among other things, that otherwise the preparation is proceeding according to plan and he is satisfied with his training. “I am doing very well, my form has been growing since Paris. The punches are sitting, I’m moving well again, I’m fit, I see progress every day, “he said. However, he checked out of London’s Wimbledon. He’d rather train.
