Dominic Thiem

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Udany występ w Rotterdamie: kwalifikacje plus 2. runda MD. W poniedziałek powitamy Austriaka w Top100.

Dominic opuści start w Marsylii, we wtorek wyleci do Acapulco.

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17.02.2014

Najwyższy ranking w karierze: 99

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Indian Wells: pierwszy wygrany mecz w turnieju M1000.

[Q] Dominic Thiem (AUT) d. [Q] Daniel Kosakowski (USA) 6-2 7-6(1)

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Jedno z największych zwycięstw w profesjonalnej karierze odniósł Dominic Thiem, w drugiej rundzie Indian Wells pokonując były nr. 6 światowego rankingu, rozstawionego z 21. numerem Francuza Gillesa Simona. Do tej pory najwyżej notowanym zawodnikiem, jakiego udało się pokonać młodemu Austriakowi, był jego rodak Jurgen Melzer, w czasie ubiegłorocznego turnieju w Kutzbuhel - 34. rakieta świata.

Pokonując Simona, Thiem po raz pierwszy zameldował się w 3. rundzie mastersa i przypieczętował awans do 9. dziesiątki światowego rankingu.

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Dominic został absolwentem Uniwersytetu ATP w Miami:
http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis ... Miami.aspx

“My favourite part was about social media,” said Thiem, the 20-year-old World No. 101 Austrian who last month pushed Andy Murray to three sets in the Rotterdam second round. “It was helpful to learn about the best ways to use all the networks like Twitter and Facebook. Everything was interesting. I liked hearing from the President of the Buenos Aires tournament [Miguel Nido], and I got an idea of how much work there is to set up a tournament and how a tournament’s finances work.”

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17.03.2014

Najwyższy ranking w karierze: 86

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Ostatnio zawsze jak oglądam mecze Dominica to przeciwnik gra tak jakby mu się podkładał - Rosol wczoraj chyba jeszcze świętował triumf w Irving bo za wysoko poprzeczki nie poprawił. Najbardziej mnie męczy brak regularności i dość niski procent trafionego 1. serwisu.

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Dominic trenował w Miami z Federerem.

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Dominic udzielił wywiadu tennisnet.com, który został przetłumaczony na język zngielski przez jedną z użytkowniczek MTF. Zapraszam do lektury.

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Dominic Thiem exclusively: "It would be bad, if nobody expected anything"

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Dominic, congratulations to your recent successes and welcome back at home! What is the most important insight after five weeks in the USA?
The most important is that I know I belong up there. At the beginning of the year I thought I am a guest on the ATP-Tour. Now I arrived there. Even when it won't go that well all the time and I will have to play Challengers again at some point.

Was there a turning point? A match that was very important for this feeling to have arrived?
The most crucial point was surely in Vienna the match against Tsonga. For my confidence that one was the most important match. The next big step will be to learn to cope better with these big tournaments.

What do you mean with "to cope better"?
On this level everything is new for me, extremely exciting, and a dream that I am actually able to participate there. But the demands are completely different than on a Challenger. Especially concentration-wise. During a match you have to be always completely focused, you aren't allowed anymore to have a blackout. And also everything else and the tension. You never really calm down at such a tournament, also when you don't play. Also, I was surprised a bit how much it wears out to play the quali. You have to win two or three hard matches, and then the tournament only starts. But certainly I will get used to it as well. I recall it was the same at the beginning at the Futures, that everything was incredibly exhausting for me.

You decided after the Australian Open to not play the Challengers, but the ATP-Tour-tournaments. A tackle of the Top 100 through the front door, in all openness. How big was the risk?
Probably I could have got more and easier points on the Challenger tour. Surely it was a risk to go immediately on the big tour. I could have lost in Rotterdam against de Schepper, then versus Nieminen. And before that Cecchinato in Doha and de Voest in Melbourne, you easily forget how close those matches were. Against de Voest I got the rebreak in the third set with a forehand slice passing shot. That doesn't have to work always. (laughs)

On the Tour there are of course also new practice partners, for example Roger Federer in Miami. What was it like?
Of course it's something special, just because of the atmosphere on the court. When you practice with him there are 500 people at the court and watch it, that's more than at many matches on the Tour. We hit for one hour, then played a few games and chatted about the next tournaments and the Davis Cup. He's simply incredibly nice.

Is he your biggest idol?
It's insanity what he achieved and how he now fought back and how much he did for the sport. But I don't want to call him idol. I can't say he is my idol and then maybe I play in three weeks against him. No, there are no idols anymore.

After all you gained 112 ATP-points at three tournaments, and still more would have been possible. How much do the avoidable losses against David Goffin, Julien Benneteau and Tommy Robredo annoy you?
I was the most annoyed about the loss versus Goffin in Acapulco. I couldn't get this loss off my mind for four or five days. I was of no use. Actually, this is something I still have to learn, that I'm not absorbed that much after a loss. Often I'm of no use for three days. I have to learn that, because only one of 32 players doesn't lose a match in the week. From that sight tennis player is no nice job. (laughs)

Against Benneteau...
...I was annoyed about my bad performance. Against Robredo that wasn't that bad. My performance was ok there. He's not by accident the number 17, he's a great player. When I, as a 20-year-old, who is somewhere around number 80, say I have to win against him, that would be nonsense.

You dominated versus Robredo most of the time and led in the second set clearly, you had close sets against Tsonga and Murray. What's missing that you win such matches?
Well, I don't stress myself there. Surely I will lose often in my career versus Top-Ten or Top-20-players. But I will also beat them. This is also an aspect you have to get used to, to play against those absolute top players. This is not because of respect of the names, but because they simply play super tennis and you have to play better to beat them.

You started the year as number 139 in the Ranking, next Monday you will be for the first time in the Top 80. Are you yourself surprised how fast you advanced? Did you dream of such a start of the season?
Of course you couldn't expect that. Before I traveled to Doha to play the quali, I thought it can happen that I lose three times in the quali and don't win anything. Like I said earlier, it was a risk, but because of that I can be even more proud it worked out through the front door, on the hard way.

The Top 80 may not yet reflect your current level. Where do you see yourself considering your performances?
No, no, it's ok that way. In the last three months I played really constant, I wouldn't have thought I am able of this consistency. I won all matches I should have won because of my ranking, and also many matches against players above me. But like I said before, with a bit of bad luck this could have gone the other way as well. You must not forget, all of them are super players, a Baghdatis for example is number 140.

Your three goals for this year were to be in the main draws of Paris, Kitzbühel and Vienna without the need of qualis or wild cards. The first goal was reached easily, and for the second the prospects are very well. Wouldn't it be the time to define new goals? Where do you want to be at the end of the year?
I don't like this calling of ranking goals. I rate tournaments higher. And there I still didn't have the breakthrough. There I only showed a bit of my potential. Quarterfinal in Indian Wells for example, this would have been something, but I still didn't achieve such a great result, something like winning a 250-tournament .

So you really think to be able to win a 250-tournament?
Yes. But I am still also able to lose there in the quali.

How do you cope with the big popularity you now have, and with the international attention?
I still didn't sense that much of the popularity, actually only on facebook. There were extremely many messages and postings and all extremely nice. This appreciation means a lot to me.

Isn't that also pressure? The fans expect more of you now.
I don't sense that as pressure. Actually I like it. Of course I will be nervous at the Davis Cup or in Kitzbühel or in Vienna. But the people only expect something of you when you play good. That's more my point of view. Since I was ten years old I worked to be a good tennis player. Now I start to be one. So that is great. I don't want to complain now that somebody expects something. It would be bad if nobody expected anything! (laughs)

Let's be honest: How nervous do you get with the thought in mind to debut in 10 days in Bratislava in Davis Cup, and this immediately as number 1 who is expected to deliver the points?
Currently not at all. Now I'm really excited about the Davis Cup, about the athmosphere, surely there will be also many fans from Austria. And I am really excited about playing in a team. Usually you only play for yourself. Certainly I will be extremely nervous on Friday, but I'm sure the Austrian fans will help us to win that tie and be able to play the relegation matches in fall. I would like to have an atmosphere similar to the one at the Tsonga-match in Vienna also at a Davis Cup. Actually we have a great team with Jürgen Melzer, Andreas Haider-Maurer and myself, with Alexander Peya and the other world class players in the doubles ranking, and also behind them some players show a great development. I really want to see a new tennis euphoria in Austria. And there is this opportunity.

You already beat the Slovak single players Martin Kližan and Lukaš Lacko. Does this fact make it easier for you?
That's not important. When I play well, I can beat both. When I don't play well, I don't have a chance. We have to wait and see how I cope with that, also with Best-of-Five, that's still quite new for me.

What do you think yourself, what will turn Dominic Thiem into a good Davis Cup player?
I don't know if I become that. I can only try to do that. Also it can take some time to player good matches in Davis Cup. Experience is a big part of Davis Cup, and I still can't have that. But Davis Cup is cool.

As last question of many fans: What's the joke with your cheering "Bamos" instead of "Vamos"?
(laughs) Nothing special. Everybody says "Vamos", so we started in my quarter at one point to say "Bamos". And then we sticked to that. I heard kids start to say that now at youth tournaments, I like that very much.

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Wydaje się, że chłopak ma głowę na karku i poświęci wszystko, aby być na szczycie. Powodzenia, Dominik!

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Bartek, nie wiem czy zauważyłeś, ale Dominic ma identyczne inicjały, co ja. Już go lubię i być może zostanę największym fanem.

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31.03.2014

Najwyższy ranking w karierze: 79

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Dominic zadebiutuje jutro w Pucharze Davisa. Jego przeciwnikiem będzie Norbert Gombos.

Tomorrow against Norbert Gombos. Not against Martin Klizan. Not such a big surprise for us because Klizan still has problems with jetlag. Plus Gombos is playing very well on that surface here. Serves very good, fast strokes from both wings. Very dangerous player. I can't wait for my premiere in Davis Cup. Bamos!!

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PLAYER NEWS
DOMINIC THIEM: THE BIOFILE

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Dominic Thiem is up to a career-high World No. 79 in the Emirates ATP Rankings after reaching the third round at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells (l. to Benneteau) and winning his first Grand Slam main draw match after qualifying into the Australian Open.

The 20-year-old Austrian talks about his friendship with Ernests Gulbis, reveals his favourite ice-cream flavour and talks about how he deals with pre-match nerves in this Biofile with Scoop Malinowski.

Tennis Inspiration: I look up to many players. I didn't have one big idol. I really enjoyed watching tennis and liked a lot of the players of the last decade, particularly Roger Federer, Juan Carlos Ferrero and Andy Roddick.

First Tennis Memory: My parents are both tennis coaches and also played themselves, so they took me always to the court. That's my first memory, nothing special.

First Famous Player You Met Or Encountered: Stefan Koubek from Austria, in Vienna. We had the same coach.

Last Book Read: ‘Inferno’ by Dan Brown.

Pre-Match Feeling: I try to think not about the match. Otherwise I get nervous. So I try to think about anything else but the match.

Current Car: I drive a black BMW.

Greatest Sports Moment: I think it was my first Grand Slam main draw win in Australia this year against Joao Sousa.

Most Painful Moment: Maybe when I lost the final in the 2011 Roland Garros juniors.

Strangest Match: Well I played in a Morocco Futures once and it was minus degrees and raining. The water was already on the court. But we still played because they couldn't postpone it because it was already Sunday night. That was probably the strangest moment. It was a doubles match and I lost.

Favourite Tournaments: I like my home tournaments in Kitzbuhel and Vienna.

Three Athletes You Like To Watch And Follow: I like to watch Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid and Eden Hazard from Chelsea. And I like Steve Nash in the NBA.

Closest ATP Friends: Ernests Gulbis.

Funniest Players Encountered: Also Gulbis [laughs]. I think he's by far the top.

Favourite Sport Outside Tennis: Soccer.

Favourite Ice Cream Flavour: Stracciatella. It's vanilla with pieces of chocolate.

Why Do You Love Playing Tennis?: Because it's one of the few sports where it's one against one. And you don't need anything from outside to win. You just need to be better than your opponent on this day. You are not depending on anything; you just need to be better on the day. And that's why I love the sport.

Funny Tennis Memory: I will say I smile when Gulbis smashes a racquet. Because I know him well. I’ve known him very well for the past three years. And he's quite different off the court and on the court. So I enjoy watching his matches.

Off the court he's a really nice guy. He's a very intelligent guy. And on the court he seems like sometimes he's not very nice...and so probably some people think that he's also like that off the court. But that's not true. He's one of the nicest guys that I've ever met. I think it's really funny to watch him and I think the sport needs characters like him.

People Qualities Most Admired: I like it if people are friendly, if they are loyal and if they are not arrogant. I think the most important thing is to be nice and to be friendly.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis ... Thiem.aspx

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Nieudany debiut w barwach swojego kraju. Porażka w 4 setach z Norbertem Gombosem.

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Thiem otrzymał dziką kartę do turnieju głównego Monte Carlo 2014.

I have very very special news for you. Today I was informed I will receive a wild card for the main draw here in Monte Carlo. This is an incredible honour for me. Monte Carlo is such a special tournament ... I believe I'm dreaming. Main draw starts on sunday. Bamos!!

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28.04.2014

Najwyższy ranking w karierze: 70

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Dominic nerwowo oczekuje na mecz Chelsea.



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W meczu drugiej rundy mastersa w Madrycie największe zwycięstwo w profesjonalnej karierze odniósł Dominic Thiem. 20-letni Austriak pokonał po trzech setach efektownej gry najlepszego zawodnika obecnego sezonu, triumfatora z Melbourne i Monte Carlo, Szwajcara Stana Wawrinkę.

Po przejściu kwalifikacji i dwóch zwycięstwach w turnieju głównym, jedno zwycięstwo dzieli Thiema od awansu do czołowej 60-tki na świecie - sezon Dominic rozpoczynał w połowie drugiej setki rankingu.