The ATP published the calendar for the first seven weeks of 2021 six days ago, and with that in hand, it is the players' turn to define which events they will play. The objective is clear: arrive in the best shape at the Australian Open, which will start on February 8. The last tennis player to decide his roadmap has been Dominic Thiem, who will be present at the ATP Cup.
The world's number three and winner of the US Open, He will reach the first Grand Slam of the year having only played the ATP Cup, a competition for nations scheduled from February 1 to 5. In this way, Thiem refuses to attend the Delray Beach and Antalya tournaments, and It will be in Melbourne where the season opens in which he is looking for his second great championship.
It is also confirmed the presence in the ATP Cup of Novak Djokovic, who will seek to repeat the Serbian triumph of 2020. In that edition it did not go too well for Thiem, who ended up with a balance of one win and two losses in their individual matches. Surely in 2021 he will seek better performance.