Not a bad start, either, for Thiem on serve as a lovely forehand sees him take an early 30-0 lead on service but he has no response to a thunderous Nadal forehand which brings it back to 30-15.

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.

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.

Tue, Aug 27, 2024, 2:10 AM·5 min read 2 At the height of his powers, Dominic Thiem had positioned himself as one of the top contenders to Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal - Getty Images/Jamie Squire ...

Even if Thiem was relatively slow to reach the world’s top 100, he made up for lost time. After reaching the French Open semifinals for the first time, he cracked the top 10 in June 2016.

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 ...

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 ...