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US Open 2020 Champion Dominic Thiem Goes Skinny Dipping in Commercial Promoting Sustainability

Published 09/07/2021, 2:12 PM EDT

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Austrian tennis sensation Dominic Thiem, who won his first major title at the US Open last year, was forced to quit his season after he injured his right wrist during a grass-court tournament in Mallorca ahead of Wimbledon Championships.

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Thiem is currently in rehab resting his wrist and been spending a lot of time doing commercials promoting various brands in Austria. He has also been a regular analyst for Tennis Channel during the US Open fortnight.

Since 2017, the Austrian has been the brand ambassador for UniCredit Bank. Over the last four years, Thiem has been a part of several promotional campaigns for the bank, taking forward his belief in sustainability.

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Dominic Thiem enjoys nature in new UniCredit Bank commercial

All the commercials that Thiem did for UniCredit Bank involved a part of nature. The Austrian is a vocal supporter for eco-friendly systems to be put in place across tennis as he mentioned several times that tennis, as a sport, needs to do better for environment conservation.

Coming to the latest UniCredit Bank commercial, Thiem could be seen finishing a run and takes up the opportunity of enjoying the nature all alone. He goes skinny dipping and enjoys the sun before he was interrupted by a bunch of teenage hikers.

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The commercial reveals a fun side to Dominic Thiem and also promotes his idea of sustainability as UniCredit Bank introduces a ‘Mega Card Go Green’ account for people under 20 years.

The advertisement did definitely show a different side of Dominic Thiem. Coming to Thiem’s tour performances this year, he managed to reach the semi-finals of Madrid Masters, where he lost to Alexander Zverev in straight sets. It was the Austrian’s best result on tour.

Just like the Big-3, Dominic Thiem has been expanding his reputation as a tennis super star off court.

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Sagar Ashtakoula is a tennis writer at EssentiallySports. He has been following the sport since 2007. Having developed an interest in creating content, he mixed his passion for writing with his love for tennis for 2 years at SportsKeeda before joining the tennis team at EssentiallySports.
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