Thiem unleashed fury from his forehand and landed 50 winners and 44 unforced errors. Djokovic produced efficient but more reduced numbers, finishing on a 27-21 ratio.

Thiem, regarded as one of the most popular players on the tour, was blessed with a picture-book backhand, but also a devastating forehand, which he says often did more damage.

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 ...

It felt fitting that Thiem’s final shot was a forehand that kept flying when he needed it to dip, because that wrist injury robbed him of his fizzing topspin.

A chronic right wrist injury sapped the sting from Thiem’s ferocious forehand. Playing the grass-court event in Mallorca in 2021, Thiem suffered a tear in his right wrist that forced him to miss ...

But 30-year-old Thiem—who played his last major match Monday at the U.S. Open—might be best remembered for his modesty and amiable personality.

Dominic Thiem is off to a winning start in Paris. He created a break chance after the rival's loose forehand but missed it after failing to control Agamenone's crafty drop shot.

Thiem began by missing two forehands to go down 0-30. The score seemed sure to become 0-40 when Federer moved Thiem out of position and lined up a forehand into an open court.

Auger Aliassime hit consecutive forehands to take a 30-15 lead and earned two match points, as Thiem sent a crosscourt forehand into the middle of the net. The Canadian player sealed the win with a ...

Not much Nadal can do there as Thiem serves out wide before thundering a vicious forehand into the opposite corner. The Spaniard is chasing dust once again as Thiem smashes a volley past the ...