The 2020 season was a good one for Dominic Thiem, who won his first Grand Slam singles title at the US Open. The Austrian also reached the finals of the Australian Open and the season-ending ATP Finals, ending the year right behind Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal in the rankings.

Dominic Thiem’s decision to play the Olympics surprised me: Father Wolfgang

Dominic Thiem will join his father in pre-season training around mid-December, after his current vacation. The World No. 3 would be keen to get started on his preparations for the Australian summer, which Wolfgang believes is still in limbo as per the last update.

Like many others, Wolfgang is of the view that it would not be possible for players to remain in quarantine without training and then immediately play a big event like the Australian Open.

Wolfgang also expressed surprise at Dominic Thiem’s U-turn on playing the Tokyo Games next year. In Wolfgang’s opinion the Olympic Games are not too prestigious when it comes to tennis, but he admitted that the decision to participate or not was for his son to make.

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