Dominic Thiem ends profession in Vienna. Danke Domi!

Former world no. 3 Dominic Thiem ended his profession in entrance of the house followers on the ATP 500 occasion in Vienna. Dominic confronted Luciano Darderi within the first spherical and suffered a 7-6, 6-2 loss in an hour and 39 minutes. It was Thiem’s 563rd and final match in a profession, deciding to terminate his unbelievable profession after failing to regain his former degree. Dominic debuted in Vienna in 2010 within the qualifying draw, competing in entrance of the partisan crowd yr after yr and lifting the trophy in 2019. The organizers embraced a farewell ceremony after the match, honoring Austria’s most profitable participant after Thomas Muster.

Dominic’s profession by means of outcomes

Thiem lifted 17 ATP titles from 29 finals. His brightest second got here on the US Open 4 years in the past, besting his nice good friend Alexander Zverev in a thriller and changing into the primary participant born within the Nineties with a Main title. Dominic earned 32 top-10 triumphs and shined towards Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. The hero of this story stood 9-3 versus the Massive 3 in 2019 and 2020, beating all of them no less than 5 instances because the second participant after Andy Murray! The Austrian embraced 5 consecutive year-end top-10 seasons between 2016 and 2020, competing on the ATP Finals in these years and shedding title matches in 2019 and 2020. Thiem claimed the 2019 Indian Wells title over Roger Federer and gathered 4 Main finals, two at Roland Garros.

Thiem meets his future in Mallorca

Dominic didn’t play nicely within the first half of 2021, lacking two months however remaining within the top-5. He injured his proper wrist whereas chasing a ball towards Adrian Mannarino in Mallorca in June, retiring and plaguing his profession! Thiem stayed away from the court docket till March 2022, leaving the top-70 a number of weeks later and by no means returning to that group. The Austrian wanted time to search out the shape, embracing a few stable tournaments and ending the season within the top-120 after 18 ATP wins and the Challenger closing. Dominic embraced a full 2023 season, coming into over 20 tournaments and gathering 19 ATP wins following his final ATP closing at dwelling in Kitzbuhel. It was sufficient for the year-end top-100 end, however the former Main winner didn’t wish to lengthen his profession and stress his troubled wrist with out higher-profile outcomes.

2024 run and the top of the highway

Thiem scored two wins this season, with the final of his profession coming in Estoril in April. Dominic certified for the primary attract Brisbane and confronted his previous rival, Rafael Nadal within the first spherical. The veteran earned a 7-5, 6-1 victory of their sixteenth assembly, delivering a late break within the opener and toppling the Austrian in set quantity two. Dominic struggled on the return and suffered three breaks to propel Rafa by means of. Competing on the Australian Open for the final time, the previous world no. 3 suffered a heartbreaking 6-3, 7-5, 6-7, 5-7, 6-3 defeat to Felix Auger-Aliassime in 4 hours and 59 minutes! Thiem fell two units to like behind earlier than digging deep in units three and 4, rolling again the years and forcing a decider. Nevertheless, Felix grabbed an early break and introduced the victory dwelling, ending Dominic’s marketing campaign.

The previous Roland Garros finalist returned to his beloved clay in March, however the outcomes weren’t there. Thiem didn’t qualify in Monte Carlo, Madrid and Roland Garros, failing to enhance his rating place and competing for the final time on the favourite occasions in Kitzbuhel and Vienna earlier than ending his profession at 31.

Final match in a profession

Dominic embraced his final dance on Tuesday in Vienna, falling to Luciano Darderi after an honest effort. The house favourite led 4-2 within the opening set and had a set level within the tie break. The Italian denied it and prevailed after an hour. With not a lot left within the tank, Thiem skilled two breaks within the second set with out pressuring his opponent on the return, ending his profession and hanging up his racquet in a particular glass show. The house favourite fired 11 aces, though it didn’t convey him a lot.

He suffered three breaks from 5 possibilities provided to his rival and grabbed one return sport that despatched him in entrance early within the opener. Dominic made a flawless begin, serving nicely and firing bullets from his backhand for a 4-2 benefit after a break in sport 5. Darderi pulled the break again in sport eight, and so they each served nicely forward of the tie break. The previous world no. 3 landed a volley winner for a set level at 6-5 however squandered it earlier than spraying a backhand error at 6-7 handy the opener to his rival. Luciano gained a lift and dominated set quantity two, serving nicely and breaking Dominic in video games one and 5 to ship the previous Main winner into retirement.