Thiem on Big Three: “We can overtake them”

Injuries and layovers from the Big Three of tennis made the world contemplate upon their downfall. Just after their toppling gestures were discussed by the tennis officials, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic they pulled off the past eight Grand Slam titles. Addressing this matter Dominic Thiem believes their era could possibly be brought to an end in the 2019 season.

“I think we, like, generation of me is very nice for us because we still compete with these big players at their best. So we can learn from them”, said Thiem. “We can improve with them. We can overtake them at one point. And on the other hand, we’re going to still play when they stop. So I think we’re quite a lucky generation and we have to use it well. The Grand Slams I didn’t have the up and downs but it’s also easier there to avoid them because of the best of five. So for me, it’s more difficult to perform well in the Masters 1000 because many times I need a while until I’m in the tournament, even in Madrid when I made the finals, I was almost out in the first two rounds. And this for sure I have to improve”.

The Austrian professional was not in the perfect shape to play the hard-court tournaments early this year. Additionally, he had fallen sick during the tournaments after Wimbledon. “And also I was a little bit unlucky. I injured myself in Indian Wells, because of that I missed Miami, and Toronto and Cincinnati I was both sick. So I basically almost missed four Masters 1000 and another two or three I performed bad and so there was only Madrid left and hopefully another good one here,” said Thiem.

Thiem looks forward to show up for the Davis Cup event in next year. He feels to comfortable in holding the event in November next year. Since his occupied during the month of February with other commitments.