Dominic Thiem’s backhand — a thing of beauty. (Julian Finney / Getty Images) We start with the scene of Thiem’s greatest triumph, his defeat of Alexander Zverev in the 2020 U.S. Open final.

In the event, it was Thiem who had the cojones to go after a couple of big forehands in the ten-point deciding-set tie-break, despite being hobbled by cramp at the time.

Dominic Thiem: A Career of Grit and Glory Early Days Thiem appeared destined for the game, with both his parents, Karin and Wolfgang, working as tennis instructors.

This story has been updated to reflect Dominic Thiem’s formal retirement from tennis in October 2024. The greatest moment of Dominic Thiem’s tennis career came in an eerie vacuum in front of ...

Some more sublime Tennis from the Austrian moves him 40-0 up and another pin-point forehand down the line brings him back level with Nadal at 5-5. Nadal 4-4 Thiem* 09:47 , Ben Fleming ...

Forehands, fist-pumps, water bottles: Rafael Nadal’s return in Brisbane felt like old times The 37-year-old gave tennis a New Year’s jolt with his first win in nearly a year, over Dominic Thiem.

But Thiem injured his right wrist in June 2021 and he could never regain the form or the strength on his forehand that had allowed him to go 9-3 against the Big Three of Novak Djokovic, Roger ...

Thiem was 5-7 versus Djokovic, 6-10 against Nadal and 5-2 over Federer. “You could definitely feel like every shot in Dominic's game has got some punch behind it,” said Federer after losing to ...