MADRID, 10 May. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Austrian tennis player Dominic Thiem, 30, announced this Friday his retirement next October after recent seasons away from his best level with problems in his right wrist, in which he suffered a serious injury in 2021 and from which It has never fully recovered.
The winner of the US Open in 2020, twice a finalist at Roland Garros in 2018 and 2019 against the Spanish Rafa Nadal and once at the Australian Open, in 2020 against the Serbian Novak Djokovic, retires after a career in which he managed to reach number 3 as his best ranking and was one of the best players in the world on clay in the last decade.
After that serious injury to his wrist, Thiem never reached the final round at a major tournament again, failing to get past the first round of a Grand Slam since then, and with the final in Kitzbuhel (Austria) last year as his best result. since his return. In total, he has won 16 other singles titles so far, with the Indian Wells Masters 1000 in 2019 being the most notable.
“I have to say something very important, very sad, but also a very beautiful message. The 2024 season will be my last. I will end my career with the end of this year,” announced Thiem, who intends to put the culmination of his sporting career in the month of October at home, in Vienna.
The Austrian appealed to “several reasons” to put an end to it. “First, my wrist is not exactly how it should be, it is not how I want it to be. The second reason is my inner feeling. I have been thinking very carefully about this decision for a long time and I have also thought about my journey as a tennis player, which was incredible “he confessed.
Thiem recalled that he has won trophies that he had “never” dreamed of and that he is “very grateful.” “But in the end, I came to the conclusion that this decision to end my career at the end of the season is the only correct one. I am very happy with it, and very excited for everything to come,” concluded the current 129th in the world.
2024-05-10 11:03:39
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