Dominic Thiem had a rather disappointing 2021. The Austrian champion won his first slam at the 2020 US Open. He was hoping for a good season this year, but he was struggling with the right motivation in the first half. When it seemed as Dominic was about to find his best tennis, he was injured in a tournament in Mallorca to his right wrist.
Dominic Thiem was hoping to recover and be back to competitions on the occasion of the US Open. Unfortunately, that will not happen since he got injured again when he was trying to rehabilitating.
Therefore, Dominic will skip the entire US Open and he confirmed that they will be back only in 2021. In terms of rankings, Dominic Thiem will crash out from the top 10.
This was Thiem’s statement:
Hey everybody!
I hope you are all doing well! I want to update you on my injury and let you know that unfortunately, I’ve had to withdraw from the US Open and will miss the rest of the 2021 season. I’m really disappointed not to be able to defend the title in New York but I haven’t recovered from the wrist injury I suffered back in June at the Mallorca Open.
The past six weeks, I’ve been following the medical advice, wearing the wrist splint, doing exercise to stay in shape before starting to train back on court. My recovery was going really well, but then last week I hit a ball during training and started to feel some pain again. I went straight to see the doctors.
After some tests, they said that my wrist needs more time, so we’ve all agreed on being conservative and to give my wrist some time to recover. I’ll wear the wrist splint for a couple more weeks before starting with exercises and then training with the racquet again.
It has been a tough decision to make but I know this is what I have to do. I have a long career ahead of me and it’s important not to take risks and rush back – which I hope you understand.
I want to thank you all for the support that you have given me so far. It really means a lot to me and gives me a lot of strength and helps me stay positive in this difficult time. I will use this time where I am not competing to stay in shape and put more focus on causes I’m very committed to, such as sustainability especially ocean conservation and nature.
I will keep you updated on my progress. Take care and I can’t wait to be back on court!
DT.”
Dominic Thiem in 2021
Currently the world no.6, Dominic played his last match on the 22nd of June when he had to retire when playing against world no.43 Adrian Mannarino in the 2nd round and the scoreline was 2-5 .
Currently, during this year the Austrian owns an overall 9-9 match record. Dominic Thiem’s best accomplishment of the year was reaching the semifinal in Madrid.
