Dominic Thiem is the tennis player who has done the best against the ‘Big-3’. Right now the Austrian can see you in the face in his matches against Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, feeling capable of defeating them every time he crosses them on the ATP circuit.
The 27-year-old Austrian tennis player and current world number four, acknowledged that “it is always always amazing to play against them, 3 of the best in history. Whenever I face them it is a great opportunity to learn, build confidence and at one point after winning a few games against them, I went against them truly believing that I could beat them, it is important to get on the pitch ”.
Against the ‘Big-3’ he accumulates a record of 16 victories in exchange for 18 defeats. Against the one who has fared best is Federer, with whom he even dominates the 5-2 record, while with Nadal he has a 6-9 record and with “Nole” 5-7.
In the same way, he already managed to overcome a great barrier by getting his first Grand Slam title in the last edition of the US Open, with everything and that the ‘Big-3’ was not in the tournament, two of them as a precaution and the Serbian after disqualification.
Regarding the changes he has made in his game and way of working, in recent months, he indicated: “When I practiced as a young man 10 years ago it was very intense, many hours on the court, but now it is less, I know what I have to do. now, 3 hours now is good practice a day, if I do that I am well prepared for the tournaments ”.
The truth is that Thiem is already clearly one of the best tennis players in the world and the main obstacle of the ‘Big-3’, at least in the short term. Do you see Dominic Thiem winning a Grand Slam in this 2021?
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