After his fourth defeat in the fourth match since his comeback, Dominic Thiem said in Madrid that he was currently on Dominic’s “D” in terms of his form. At the Masters tournament in Rome, too, the Austrian, number 162 in the world rankings outside the top 100 for the first time in eight years, lost out – 4: 6, 6: 7 (5) once morest local hero Fabio Fognini.
Despite the renewed damper, you might see further, at least small, progress in the game of the Lichtenwörther, who left too many break chances. And so it can be said that the 28-year-old is now at Dominic’s “o”. Even if it was obvious that, in addition to the timing, the forehand is still the biggest construction site. Too many mistakes on this side deprived the 17-time tournament winner of the harvest of his fruits. “Some wrong things crept in on the forehand, instead of my wrist I’m hitting with my whole arm. That has to be figured out,” the Lower Austrian knows.
Thiem will get the next chance to do so next week at the Paris dress rehearsal in Geneva.
