The Austrian tennis pro Dominic Thiem ended his season prematurely.
The former US Open winner lost 3: 6, 3: 6 in the round of 16 at the ATP tournament in Vienna to the Russian Daniil Medvedev and then announced, somewhat surprisingly, that he did not want to play any more tournaments this year.
“It’s been exhausting the last few weeks,” said Thiem, referring to his recently very tight program. “I’ve played a lot since July, so the season is over for me.” He now wants to “put full focus on preparation so that I’ll be fully ready by the time I’m 23.”
Thiem had to pause for a long time due to a complicated hand injury and returned to the professional tour in April 2022. The former world number three is now at position 113.