Dominic Thiem played the last game of his career on Tuesday. The Austrian bid farewell to tennis after losing to Italian Luciano Darderi 7-6, 6-2 in the first round of the Vienna tournament.
The former US Open champion had announced in May that he was retiring from professional sports, among other reasons due to a wrist injury that had derailed his career for a long time, and After the game he received a nice and well-deserved award.
He also wants to be remembered by his companions. One of them was Carlos Alcaraz, who recalled his experiences with her. “I had the opportunity to see him play. I shared with him some contests. When I played my first ATP Tour tournament in Rio de Janeiro in 2020, I had the opportunity to train with him. I’m super excited about it. I’ve seen him beat big players, win big tournaments. “He had a great career,” she explained before sharing a family anecdote.
“My younger brother plays tennis and is a big fan of Dominic Thiem. He plays with his racket, not mine! So I always watch Dominic’s games, and I often hear my brother say: ‘I want to play like Dominic Thiem. I want to play like him, with the same racket and the same style.’ In my family, we have high respect for Dominic.”
In its part, Jannik Sinner explained that he had never played against Dominic in an official match“but as a person and as a person, he is incredible. It doesn’t matter what my ranking is or how young I am, he always congratulates me and we talk… I still hope to see him in A tournament .He always brought so much positive energy to the locker room and the dining room, I think all the players will miss him.
The Austrian tennis player, at the age of 17, made his debut on the circuit on August 1, 2011 with a loss against the Spaniard Daniel Gimeno-Traver.
In March 2020 he reached position 2 in the ATP rankings, which he maintained for eleven months. Between June 2016 and November 2021 it remained among the top ten in the world.
In March 2021, he was injured in Mallorcafrom which he never fully recovered.
Source: La Verdad
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