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Thiem had already announced his intention to retire from tennis on home ground in Vienna in October, giving up on his fruitless battle to fully recover from a persistent wrist injury. “I think that the thing I will miss the most is the feeling after winning a great match, it’s not really comparable to anything else,” said Thiem. “You don’t really get this feeling, in my case, in life outside of tennis, because it’s like, a real high. It’s like being on drugs a little bit, I guess.” 

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When Thiem captured his first Slam by defeating Alexander Zverev from two sets down in the 2020 US Open final, it appeared that he was finally poised to challenge the likes of Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal at the highest level. 

It also ended a sequence of three defeats in three Slam finals — to Nadal at the 2018 and 2019 French Open and against Djokovic in five sets at the 2020 Australian Open. 

However, his career went into a tailspin in the summer of 2021 when he suffered a wrist injury at the Mallorca ATP tournament. Thiem suffered serious ligament damage and was forced to sit out the rest of 2021. 

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