Dominic Thiem still has not won a match in the main competition of a tournament in 2024. On Wednesday, the former number three in the world rankings lost his first round match at the Challenger in Szekesfehervar, Hungary and was thoughtful afterwards.
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“If I keep losing, if I don’t get a better ranking again, I will quit. You have to feel comfortable in every job, otherwise it’s time to change something,” he explained in a statement on Ö3.
The 30-year-old from Lower Austria had already announced at the end of January that he would retire at the end of the year if he did not improve significantly from his current position in the ATP rankings (No. 91) by then. After the defeat in Hungary against Poland’s Daniel Michalski, 295th in the world rankings, he renewed his thoughts of resigning in the event of further sporting failures.
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But it’s not that far yet, his focus is on successful games. “I don’t want to think about it, my goal is to improve. I don’t want to stop at the end of the season,” said Thiem, who is currently Austria’s number two in the world rankings behind Sebastian Ofner (No. 38).
For now, the 2020 US Open winner is continuing to try to gain self-confidence at Challenger level. Next on Thiem’s tournament schedule are Zadar next week and Naples from March 25th. He will initially be accompanied on the tour by former Latvian professional Karlis Lejnieks. His brother and manager Moritz Thiem announced this on Monday. “He was a player himself and traveled with Dominic. “We’ll try the whole thing out this week and then we’ll see what happens,” said the manager about the former No. 347 in the world rankings.
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