At this time on Monday, Dominic Thiem awaits his debut in the Monte Carlo Masters 1000 where he will face Richard Gasquet. In any case, the news regarding him and his career have taken over the official tennis websites because the weekend that just passed not only did he run out of Nicolas Massu as a coach, but he already has a new one with which he will try to find his best version once more following getting injured a few years ago and losing his weight in the sport of 2019 and 2020.
Through a statement, the Gladiator and the tennis player confirmed that they were not going to continue with the work they carried out for four years. Without a doubt, they had good and bad times, like when they were US Open champions and reached the Australian Open final, and also when the Austrian suffered that ugly injury that kept him from his best level. However, Thiem has already confirmed that the replacement for Nicolas Massu will be Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh.
This Iranian-German coach, who will be with Dominic on a trial basis, is very famous in the world of tennis, as he has been with extraordinary tennis players on the WTA circuit. He is remembered for being together with the Russian Natalia Vikhlyantseva and he was also the coach of Angelique Kerber, one of the best German tennis players in history. Finally, we must highlight his time on the bench of Alizé Cornet, who bordered the top ten in the world.
The former player who participated in the 2008 Davis Cup with Iran will be giving Thiem instructions since his ATP debut in Monte Carlo, so they will miss him a little less. Nicolas Massu. It should be noted that the former Chilean racket and the European decided to separate to “take different paths” and the South American will now be able to focus 100% on the Davis Cup and the team he captains.
Threatened the Big 3
Dominic reached the third step of the ATP ranking in March 2020 and it seemed that he had all the conditions to banish Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal or Roger Federer and fight for first place. However, an injury seriously handicapped him, but no one forgets his great performances.
While he was with coach santiaguino, not only won the US Open in 2020; He also added to his record the important M1000 in Indian Wells and obtained extraordinary ATP 500 tournaments such as Barcelona, Beijing and Vienna. All of these were in 2019, one of the best years of his career.
