What REALLY Happened To Dominic Thiem! (Heartbreaking...)

it was really nice what Andy Murray said to Thiem

Even if he never makes it back to his former self, he's still had a great career.

One of the most entertaining players when he was in his prime, so sad to see him now

It seems to me that Thiem has changed his technique. No longer using massive wrist snaps on forehands and backhands. He's technique was always risky and it was amazing that he lasted that long. Tennis is such a brutal sport on your body and when you depend on one of your weakest joints to generate power, you're gonna pay a big price. I don't know if we will ever see the player that had so much promise again.

One of the nicer guys. 😢

Hopefully he can make a decent comeback, he was definitely supposed to be one of the top players for awhile. I wish the best for Thiem and his future 🙏🙏🙏

I love Thiem, he was one of my favorite players for years, and one of the few who challenged the big 3, specially on clay. I think what happened to him it's a combination of physical injury and mental struggle. You know, competitive tennis at such high level is defined by small margins, and it's also a very mental sport. Everyone knows how to hit the ball, what's difficult is to be stronger than your rival in the pressure moments, and that comes down to confidence and mental strength. This example shows just how difficult is to reach the top of the sport. Let's hope that Thiem can recover his former competitiveness, for sure we can't say he's not trying. Tennis owes him that!

I watched in live in the final of the Lyon tournament vs Gilles Simon way back in 2019. I have to say watching him hit live, in his prime, is one of the most animalistic playstyles I've seen. Only Rafa tops him in terms of sheer brutality and intensity. His shots were so heavy, loaded with massive topspin, and when he let loose on his backhands, good grief and have mercy!

It’s complicated because he reached the highest level, beat all of the legends multiple times, and achieved the ultimate dream of winning a grand slam title. When he won the US Open there was no crowd to embrace him due to Covid. That’s probably pretty deflating. Immediately after reaching his peak, he had a major injury. Hard to blame him for losing the fire, as he’s accomplished a lot and he’s financially set. While Rafa is my favorite player, Thiem is probably my favorite person of all the players.

So much respect for this guy. Great player Dominique Thiem.

It's sad because at one point he was considered the "Prince of clay", but taking into account the mental component Rafa's fighting spirit against the odds dealing with injuries for most of his career since he was 19 is what makes him a legend, Rafa has made comeback after comeback and Thiem needs to get that passion back into his game along with his physical health. We are all rooting for the guy and i hope it does happen for him and he doesn't become Delpo 2.0.

I am not pro tennis.. but the way Thiem hit the ball with full heavy top spin, i believe make the injury… i really hope he can come back to the level he played before and compete with the rest

He is fully motivated again, has decided to work with a mental trainer - so I believe in him. He is going to get back in Top 20 soon - hopefully.

Some players worst opponents are injuries, this could happen to Alcaraz as well he is way to much injury prone for his young age.

We often dismiss the mental when that is what drives the physical. His strong wrist action to generate power was what got him to his dream of being on top. After the injury he realized he would have to adjust that and begin again, the difference being that he had been to the mountain top, lived his dream, but now understood the struggle to do what he had ALREADY done. We've all experienced this: We dream of accomplishing something and then do it. It takes a very single minded person to keep striving for an experience we've had before and ask ourselves what NEW mountains are left to climb?

people's idea of a sucessful career has been spoiled by the big three's success, winning gone major and peeking top 3 in the world is nothing to be ashamed of. out of 8 billion people he was the 3rd best that is an amazing acheiavemnt and he won one of the most highly coveted trophies in tennis. If everyone thinks that a successful career is winning 20 grand slams and spending years at the number one ranking we will be coniausly disappointed. only a select few players in my opinion will be able to dominate the majors and rankings in the next years (alcaraz, rune, sinner) and I doubt they will have the longevity of rafa roger and novak.

👉8:08 "Where are those big heavy forehands" - Those big shots are probably what damaged his wrist, therefore it is perfectly understandable that he hits less hard

0:06 "Tennis, unlike mosts other sports, is decided by the tiniest of margins." Whaaaa?? MOST sports are decided by tiny margins. Ever hear of racing? swimming? fencing? shooting? gymnastics?...

I think his top game took a lot out of him. Reckon it was the kind of level that pushes your body's limit, but unsustainable in the long term. Probably in his mind just isn't sure of the motivation to continue pushing your body across that limit given he's already won a slam

I discovered him during his 2019 Roland Garros final against Nadal and i immediately loved his game he was a mix of power speed accuracy everything was perfect and i was sure he was going to win this one but After losing the third set he Lost the last one 6-1 I thought at the Time it was only a motivational problem ( like tsitsipas ) even he played five set against Nadal 6 month ago in the us open semi final but it turned out to be a physical problem too Hope he Can get in the top 20 or even top 10 again but its going to be difficult