Dominic Thiem announced this Friday that this will be his last active season due to numerous physical problems that he suffers from in his right wrist.
The tennis player, only 30 years old, has published an emotional video on their social networks in which he explains his decision and the reasons that led him to it.
“I finished my career at the end of the season (…). My doll is not as it should and as I want. “I was thinking about this decision for a long time,” the tennis player says in the post.
On June 22, 2021, the Austrian broke his right wrist in the round of 16 of the Mallorca Championships against Frenchman Adrian Mannarino. In a match in which he was winning 5-2 in the first set but had to abandon.
At that time, he was number 5 in the world, however, he had to spend many months away from the slopes and, since then, He found himself unable to find his best game again. In fact, he has a US Open in 2020, as well as 17 more titles under his belt before getting injured.
Now, after playing several main draws, the tennis player will retire from tennis permanently, as he himself has communicated: “It has been an incredible career, I have won titles, I have been successful. The trip was incredible. “I’m excited for what’s to come next.”
