On February 1, Beijing time, former US Open champion Dominique Thiem announced that he was withdrawing from the Cordoba leg of the tournament that began this week, which means that the comeback of the post-90s Grand Slam first champion has once again been postponed.
The 2020 US Open title seems to have drained all of Tim's luck, and tim began to decline continuously last season. The Australian Open stopped in the round of sixteen, the French Open stopped in the first round, the poor record is just the beginning, in last year's Mallorca match against Mannarino Thiem retired due to injury, after which Thiem began a long road back.
Since then, Thiem has withdrawn from Wimbledon's already US Open due to injury and ended the 2021 season ahead of schedule. Tim was scheduled to make a comeback at the start of the 2022 season, but his comeback was once again unexpected.
During the Abu Dhabi Exhibition Match, Tim retired from the tournament and returned to Austria for treatment. Tim then withdrew from the Australian Open and decided to make a comeback in the South American clay season after the Australian Open.
This week, Tim appeared on the signing table for the Cordoba race, but he once again chose to retire due to pain in his right finger joint, and once again missed a comeback.
It's been more than 7 months off the field, when Thiem will return is still unknown, this week Tim's world ranking has slipped to 37th, can he still return to the top?