thiem

I often find it useful to look from time to time at simple stats to confront the eye tests, memories and many biases of this forum - including mine. Needless to say that Stan and Domi have been pushing their percentages a lot lower in recent years, so I went a couple of years back in time...

Muster's last ATP match and one of Thiem's first, and in fact, his first win at all on the ATP tour. One of the biggest age gaps in matches ever. I don't think highlights of this match has ever been posted online, so hopefully something for you pure tennis fans out there to enjoy! Thiem vs...

With the one-handed backhand being close to a dying art form I thought we could discuss the best one-handed backhands in history. For me, slice is a part of the backhand - whether a one-handed or two-handed backhand - and must be taken into consideration when discussing this. Other people...

Dominic Thiem beat Roger Federer 7-5, 7-5 in the Year End Championship round robin, 2019 on indoor hard court in London, England Thiem would go onto lose in the final to Stefanos Tsitsipas, who would also beat Federer in the semi-final. Both Thiem and Federer would finish the round robin with...

Dominic Thiem beat Rafael Nadal 7-6(7), 7-6(4) in the Year End Championship round robin, 2020 on indoor hard court in London, England Both players had won their first match and both players would advance out of the group with a 2-1 record, Thiem topping the group on basis of winning this...

Dominic Thiem beat Alexander Zverev 2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(6) in the US Open final, 2020 on hard court It would turn out to be Thiem’s only Slam title from his fourth final. Earlier in the year, he had lost a five set final at Australian Open. Zverev was playing his first Slam final Thiem won...

Rafael Nadal beat Dominic Thiem 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 in the French Open final, 2019 on clay It was a repeat of previous years final, which Nadal also won. This was Nadal’s 12th title at the event, third in a row and he would go onto win the next one also. This was Thiem’s second and last final at...

Alexander Zverev beat Dominic Thiem 6-4, 6-4 in the Madrid final, 2018 on clay It was Zverev’s first title at the event and he would win it again in in 2021. He did not lose serve in the tournament. Thiem had also been runner-up the previous year to Rafael Nadal, who he beat en route to this...

Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Dominic Thiem 6-7(6), 6-2, 7-6(4) in the Year End Championship final, 2019 on indoor hard court in London, England To date, this is Tsitsipas’ only title at the event. He finished top of his group with a 2-1 record and was seeded 6th. Thiem also topped his group with 2-1...

Dominic Thiem beat Roger Federer 3-6, 7-6(11), 6-4 in the Madrid quarter-final, 2019 on clay Thiem would go onto lose in the semi-final to eventual champion Novak Djokovic, and he would be runner-up shortly after at the French Open for the second year in a row. The two had met recently in...

Dominic Thiem beat Novak Djokovic 6-7(5), 6-3, 7-6(5) in the Year End Championship round robin, 2019 on indoor hard court in London, England Thiem would go onto lose in the final to Stefanos Tsitsipas while Djokovic would be eliminated in the round robin stage. Thiem would top the group with a...

Daniil Medvedev beat Dominic Thiem 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-4 in the Year End Championship final, 2020 on indoor hard court in London, England It was Medvedev’s to date only title at the event, and he won all his matches. Thiem had been runner-up the previous year also. This was the last edition of the...

A bit if nostalgia as 2 of the most powerful one-handed backhand players are about to collide, both removed from their best years, yet still showing sparks of good form here and there. Predict the result & scoreline, folks.

All 4 slams this year broke records for attendance. Why?

The guy won his first ever slam match at this year's USO 1R since that hard fought comeback win against Nick Kyrgios at the 3R of AO 2021. Since then, he had suffered 5 straight 1R losses at slams, including a hard fought 5 setter against Tsitsipas at Wimbledon this year. Finally, he has...

In the last couple of years we've seen a lot of new big title champions, especially compared to 2011-2013 where Ferrer was the only one to make that breakthrough. Since we have a lot of 1 M1000 (which I'll just refer to M for short) winners I decided to look at all of them (and the more...

It is here. I took about 5 years off after being a huge fan. Excited but wondering how all the changes will feel.

Alcaraz might be the next big thing. He might be greater than the big 3. He might win the uso. He might be all these things...

It's pretty simple. You can whine and complain. You can brings stats and level of play. You can name names and talk about technology. You can say it's unfair. Cool. It's still the BEST in the WORLD no matter what Era it is. Sure, we all joke about weak eras and I think we all know this Era...

They keep lowering the center of the net with the strap and then leaving it. Also leaving beer cans and even food. This must end... Or I will end it for them.

Would you change when you were born? If you could? I feel like I would enjoy life more in a different Era. For me I wish I was born in 1930. I guess it all depends on where too, but any earlier might be a problem as I honestly don't know I could do what the soldiers did in ww2. Those men were...

So the governments are essentially admitting to it at this point. But once again, without any hard evidence, what are they really trying to do? Something fishy going on.

Djoker said it himself. He was not expecting this challenge and you could see it. He was shocked. He thought he had more time. He might be 36, but he hasn't been challenged so he has been on cruise control physically and mentally. He now knows he can now be beat. Two options for Djoker...

Was watching the Sandlot... I couldn't resist [Grigor Narrating] Even though Fed loved weak competition, he was still plenty mad about us next-gen not winning more... ruining his Slam Records. So I didn't feel too bad when he beat me 10 times straight.. instead of the rest of my life. Wow...

Ruune reminds me of Thiem. I see an opportunity for Ruun to finally make people have to remember him and for people to finally take him serious. Sure, we all see Ruude as the guy in djokers book when djoker says "after beating 172, I went on to beat Rudd, or was it that other guy?" However...

No Fed, no Rafa, and no 172cm. Yet, djoker drags the entertainment along. Is the tennis great? Nah, not really. But let's be honest, Djoker makes everything interesting and has given the ATP a fiasco like feel. A fiasco that is keeping tennis alive. For this to continue, djoker will need to...

... I mean he was in the USO open final and almost beat tiny Carlos. ... Or am I thinking of Simon?

Djoker vs Tiafoe. Let's see if tiafoe is as good as he thinks. Karma to set in? Will djoker punish his mistake? Djoker: I did it for Fed

Don't. You. Dare. Big 3 forever.

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