‘Can’t catch a break’ Covid-19 forces Dominic Thiem to withdraw from the upcoming Monte-Carlo Masters
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2020 US Open champion Dominic Thiem continues to go through the worst patch of his career as he is forced to withdraw from the upcoming 2022 Monte-Carlo Masters. Thiem contacted Covid-19 during his appearance at the 2022 Marbella Challenger in Spain after crashing out in the first round.
Although he tested negative shortly, the after-effects seem the reason that has sidelined the Austrian from participating in the tournament in Monaco that will start next week. Thiem had uploaded an Instagram story today itself announcing that he had tested negative against Covid-19 and will proceed for tournaments upon the advice of his medical team.
However, a spokesperson from the Thiem ‘entourage’ has announced that the player will be heading home to Austria and skipping the Monte-Carlo Masters as reported by Reuters. It is a massive blow for Thiem who played his first match of the season in Marbella and was keen to return to the Tour but now faces another setback.
Dominic Thiem likely to return the following week after Monte-Carlo
As Dominic takes an additional week to recover from the virus, it looks like a precautionary move that will see him be prepared for the remaining events that he plans to play in the Clay season that has just begun. Post the Monte-Carlo event, simultaneous events will take place in Barcelona and Belgrade followed by two more simultaneous events in Estoril and Munich in the final week of April.
Thiem is likely to play two of these events in order to get prepared for the busy month of May which will see the Madrid Masters, the Rome Masters and the 2022 French Open, some of the important events on the Tour that the clay-lover Thiem will definitely be looking forward to in participating.
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