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. He was extremely ...

India's Sumit Nagal failed to spoil the party for birthday boy Dominic Thiem on Thursday, but still managed to grab eyeballs thanks to his dogged performance in the US Open second round match at ...

PARIS—In two prior matches versus Kei Nishikori, Dominic Thiem had failed to win a set. Fifty-six minutes into their fourth-round match early this Sunday afternoon, he’d won two by the rather ...

Thiem’s next opportunity to win came at 7-6, but he double-faulted. “I was, like, so tight in my whole body,” Thiem said. The third was at 9-8, when he pushed a down-the-line forehand wide.

Dominic Thiem's defense—and a slow backhand—led to a fast win v. Cilic If the US Open champion was a question mark before his first-round match, his performance in it was an exclamation point.

And Dominic Thiem in particular then took an even higher risk, played incredible forehand winners, and increased the pace. And that worked." ...

Former French Open runner-up Dominic Thiem says "nerves are toxic" to his forehand after his losing run continued in the Roland Garros first round. Thiem has lost his past seven matches since ...