Just a few days ago, Dominic Thiem confirmed through a statement on his social networks that he had ended his relationship with Nicolas Massu, after four years of work full of conquests. However, lately the Austrian’s results were not the best, which caused them to sit down to talk to end the relationship.
The former pupil of the Vampire played the Monte Carlo Masters 1000 and reached the second round of the tournament, where he showed a slight improvement in his game, which gives him hope for the rest of the season. Thus, After his participation in the Monegasque tournament, Thiem recalled a situation that happened to him a few years ago, which was the kickoff for the relationship with Nicolas Massu it starts to break.
During the last hours, the former world number 3 gave an interview, where he said that after the title won at the 2020 US Open he began to train with the Gladiator with less aggressiveness, which caused him to suffer an injury to his leg months later. doll that took him away from the courts and his level. “After the US Open, I had trouble motivating myself to train and travel. I was training less than ever ”, he began in dialogue with the official website of Roland Garros.
Along the same lines, Dominic Thiem admitted that in the middle of 2021 he wanted to return to training at a high level, but it was no longer the same and it ended up affecting him both emotionally and emotionally, since he lost several positions in the ranking. “After the first round defeat at Roland Garros -against Pablo Andújar-, I started to work very hard again and perhaps my body was no longer used to it, after so many years at the top and then a few months in which I didn’t give it my all. ”, he added.
“I was a little glad to have rest and try again”
After playing the second Grand Slam of the season, the former pupil of Nicolás Massú resumed training at a very high level, which caused him to suffer a wrist injury and kept him away from the slopes for a long time. This situation was reflected in the world ranking, since he came to be outside the best 300 rackets in the world.
“Then came the injury. So it’s probably not a coincidence. It’s hard to say, but when I was having trouble motivating myself and all that, I also saw the injury as a good opportunity. Maybe I was also a little glad to have six or seven weeks off and try again.”sentenced the Austrian.
