'That's really amazing what Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Djokovic...', says ATP ace

After coming close to winning the Australian Open in 2020, Dominic Thiem is preparing to try again to win the Happy Slam from the Adelaide quarantine. With the interview with Jorg Strohschein of the German site Sportschau, the Austrian replied to the criticism of Guido Pella who contested the blackout, but in reality he hardly touched the issue of the conditions of the quarantine of the top players. Adelaide. Rather, in relation to the Australian Open, he talked about the defeat in the final against Djokovic in 2020 and how he learned to assimilate such disappointments: "I learned to better manage defeats over time, but some of them really hurt: last year's one. here in Australia it has tormented me for two, three, four months; and the defeat in the final at the last Masters also hurt me, because it was an important title. But it is certainly easier to accept a defeat in a less important game, especially if I played well but my opponent was simply better. I manage it with myself. Maybe it used to be a bit different, but if I gave my all, I have to accept defeat. This is tennis: only one player does not lose during the week“. While speaking to tennisnet, Austrian young star Jurij Rodionov highlighted some of Dominic Thiem’s key qualities that he believes have made the 27-year-old a force to reckon with at Grand Slams. Dominic Thiem entered the world tennis elite in 2016. The Wiener Neustadt player started that year as world number 20, reaching the semi-final in Brisbane (defeated by Roger Federer) and the third round at the Australians Open, stopped by David Goffin. In the following weeks, the successes of Buenos Aires and Acapulco, including a three-set victory over Spaniard Rafael Nadal. After the Masters 1000 on American hardcourt and those on European clay - in addition to the victory obtained in Nice against Alexander Zverev - Dominic came to Roland Garros as thirteenth seeded. Here he overtook Inigo Cervantes, Guillermo Garcia Lopez, Zverev himself and Marcel Granollers, thus reaching his first quarter-finals in a Grand Slam event. In the next game he defeated the Belgian David Goffin with the score of 4-6 7-6 6-4 6-1, giving himself the semifinal against Novak Djokovic.

Rodionov on the Big 3

“Dominic Thiem is now always a potential candidate for a Grand Slam title because he is extremely fit, has an incredible game, and has been very consistent over the past year or two - he really manages to bring his best tennis to the court week after week,” Jurij Rodionov said. Moving on to some of Thiem’s more illustrious rivals, Jurij Rodionov opined that Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic have done a terrific job of maintaining their high standards despite being well into their 30s. “One always has the feeling that the older the ‘Big 3’ get, the greater the chances for the youngsters,” Rodionov continued. “But the old hands are still doing very well for their age. Federer is 39, Nadal is 34, Djokovic 33 - that's really amazing what the guys at the top of the world are doing.”

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