Dominic Thiem reveals taking inspiration from comeback king Rafael Nadal as the Austrian lays down plans for a strong finish to the season

Dominic Thiem reveals taking inspiration from comeback king Rafael Nadal as the Austrian lays down plans for a strong finish to the season

Rafael Nadal and Dominic Thiem

Current World No.165 Dominic Thiem, who is slowly raising from the ashes of going as low as World No.352, talks about how he is inspired by the Spanish GOAT Rafael Nadal, the king of comebacks.

“Rafa is probably the best role model for this experience since he did it not only once, but four or five to come back from a long time of injury of six months or even more, And the form was always amazing. So it’s a great inspiration,” said Thiem speaking as reported by AS.

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Dominic Thiem is yet to win a grand slam match since the Australian Open 2021

Dominic Thiem was constantly challenging the Big 3 and eventually won his first Grand Slam at the 2020 US Open. When he was slowly starting to be the new face of male tennis, disaster happened in the form of a wrist injury during the Mallorca championships last year.

Thiem had to withdraw from 4 of the 6 grand slams that happened after the injury. He came back for the clay season this year but was not able to make any mark. The Grand slam tournaments he played this year ended in first-round losses in both the French Open and US open.

Despite the poor run in grand slam matches, which is of course understandable as he is coming back from an injury, Thiem was able to reach the finals of Rennes Challenger 2022 when he eventually lost in straight sets to French World No.106 Ugo Humbert.

Thiem is doing the right thing now-playing in a lot of challenger tournaments and try getting back the rhythm. His Service motion and forehand style have been visibly changed after the wrist injury but he is currently doing the right thing – following in the footsteps of Nadal.

Nadal has constantly dealt with a lot of injuries throughout his career and had to change his style of play numerous times. Tennis fans are waiting for Thiem’s deadly forehands to come back in full flow and see him back on top of his abilities.

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