Dominic Thiem seems to be quite happy to play tennis whenever he can. The Austrian champion played a rather impressive amount of exhibitions during the Coronavirus pandemic and he wants more on the main tour. Thiem has agreed to join the entry list of the upcoming ATP250 in Kitzbuhel that will be curiously played during the second week of the US Open where Dominic is one of the top favorites.

It’s pretty obvious that if the world no.3 is still alive in the 2nd week of the slam, he will renounce to play the home tournament unless the same is postponed of 1 week to take the place of the recently canceled Mutua Madrid Open.

The entry list of Kitzbuhel

Dominic will join some other top players such as Fabio Fognini, Denis Shapovalov and Christian Garin. Here the full list

  1. Thiem
  2. Fognini
  3. Shapovalov
  4. Garin
  5. Lajovic
  6. Carreno Busta
  7. Struff
  8. Ruud
  9. Ramos-Vinolas
  10. Millman
  11. Sonego
  12. Kecmanovic
  13. Bublik
  14. Verdasco
  15. Andujar
  16. F. Lopez
  17. Cuevas
  18. Londero
  19. Thompson
  20. Albot
  21. Gerasimov
  22. Berankis
  23. Sinner
  24. Kohlschreiber
  25. Norrie
  26. Delbonis
  27. Mager
  28. Djere
  29. Duckworth
  30. Seppi
  31. Uchiyama
  32. Kukushkin

Dominic Thiem in 2020

Currently ranked no.3 (career-high), the Austrian played his last match on the 22nd of February when he lost to Gianluca Mager 7-64 7-5 in the quarter in Rio De Janeiro.

Dominic Thiem’s best performance of the present year was reaching the final at the Australian Open.

Fabio Fognini in 2020

Ranked no.11, the Italian played his last match on the 6th of March when he overcame Duck Hee Lee 6-0 6-3 in the Rubber 1 of the Davis Cup.

Dominic Thiem and Fabio Fognini played each other 4 times. The head to head is 3-1

for Thiem. The last time that they played each other, Dominic Thiem won 6-4 7-5 in the 3rd round in Madrid (Mutua Madrid Open) in May 2019.

Denis Shapovalov in 2020

Currently the world no.16, Shapovalov played his last match on the 21st of February when he lost to Alexander Bublik 7-5 4-6 6-3 in the quarter in Marseille.

 

Christian Garin in 2020

Now ranked no.18 (career-high), the Chilean played his last match on the 28th of February when he had to retire when playing against Thiago Seyboth Wild in the quarter and the scoreline was 7-61 .

This season the Chilean has a 11-6 win-loss record. The Chilean has won 2 titles in 2020 in Cordoba and in Rio de Janeiro.

Denis Shapovalov and Christian Garin played each other twice. The head to head is 1-1. The last time that they locked horns, Christian Garin won 7-5 6-2 in the 2nd round in Barcelona (Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell) in April 2019.