Thiem, Djokovic's big threat: “I hope the US Open is my next tournament”

Dominic Thiem could be Novak Djokovic's most dangerous opponent if the Serb finally attends the tournament from August 31 to September 13 and Rafa Nadal does not, as it seems. The Austrian said after winning again at the Bett1 Aces in Berlin that he is seen at the Grand Slam in New York. “It will be my next tournament, I hope,” he said after winning the final., played in the hangar of an airport, to the Italian Jannick Sinner, in a statement that L'Equipe collects.

Thiem has played almost 30 games after confinement for COVID-19 and has won four exhibition tournaments. He is very fit and already made things very difficult for Djokovic in the final of the Australian Open, when he was 2-1 up. “It was probably my best game in the last four months,” he said of his duel against Sinner. “I don't know how to explain it, but I felt all the balls perfectly.”

The world number three, who believes this will be her “last exhibition match in a long time,” says her claim is to play the US Open, but … “It is still 100% certain that it will happen, but the plan is to get there in mid to late August.”