Dominic Thiem says he doesn’t wish to outline himself by his outcomes anymore as he believes that method is damaging to his psychological well being. Thiem, a former world No 3, is having a tough begin to the 2023 season as he’s simply 1-6 initially of the 12 months.
This Monday, Thiem suffered one other very disappointing loss as Thiago Monteiro beat the Austrian 6-1 3-6 7-6 (2) within the Rio de Janeiro first spherical. Thiem, now ranked at No 96 on this planet, is much from the sport that was as soon as making him one of many perfect gamers within the recreation.
“I used to be defining myself solely by outcomes for a very long time, which isn’t mentally wholesome. I’ll do my finest in each match, what’s going to occur I can not predict,” Thiem mentioned, per the Rio Open Twitter account.
Thiem sobre querer retomar sua melhor forma: “Eu estava me definindo só por resultados por muito tempo, o que não é mentalmente saudável.
Eu vou dar o meu melhor em cada jogo, o que vai acontecer eu não posso prever.” #RioOpen — Rio Open (@RioOpenOficial) February 21, 2023
What occurred to Thiem?
After dropping in his first three Grand Slam finals, Thiem lastly turned a Grand Slam champion on the 2020 US Open.
Within the aftermath of his US Open victory, Thiem began to wrestle together with his recreation and type. Then, Thiem suffered a wrist damage within the June of 2021 – that damage sidelined him for the following 10 months. Earlier this month, Thiem admitted that “the hearth went out” after he achieved his purpose of turning into a Grand Slam champion.
“It went out after the US Open. However we have already talked about that. I do not wish to blame myself for that. There are gamers who have fun nice success who’re spurred on by that, who’re pushed even additional to carry out even higher, who’re instantly on fireplace to win the following Grand Slam title.
It wasn’t like that for me, I am a unique man. It took me some time earlier than I accepted that, that I am a bit more durable on myself than some others. What I definitely additionally needed to study is that it is just as much as me and I’ve to manage it myself,” Thiem lately advised Kronen Zeitung.