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Dominic Thiem of Austria celebrates with championship trophy after winning in a tie-breaker during his Men’s Singles final match against Alexander Zverev of Germany on Day Fourteen of the 2020 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
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Dominic Thiem of Austria celebrates with championship trophy after winning in a tie-breaker during his Men’s Singles final match against Alexander Zverev of Germany on Day Fourteen of the 2020 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
Although tennis is back to its normal schedule, normality has not come back completely. The coronavirus pandemic disrupted the complete schedule of 2020 and there is no certainty that the 2021 schedule will go as per plan. Recently, World No.3 Dominic Thiem expressed his views on the issue.
In a recent interview, Thiem emphasized that tennis would relatively be normal in 2021. However, he also believed that there would still be longer breaks due to the pandemic.
“That we can play through a year and I have the results again and continue the trend from 2020 and 2019. I hope that apart from tennis certain normalcy will return in 2021,” said the Austrian player.
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Dominic Thiem of Austria celebrates winning match point during his singles semi-final match against Novak Djokovic of Serbia during day seven of the Nitto ATP World Tour Finals at The O2 Arena on November 21, 2020, in London, England. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
Thiem clearly focussed on two issues. Firstly, he said that he would want to continue his good form even in 2021. Secondly, the 27-year-old firmly believed that tennis would get back to normal in 2021.
Not only players, but even fans also want to get back to a normal routine. They will surely wish that Thiem’s words come true.
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“Will have a reasonably normal life again”- Dominic Thiem
Thiem further revealed the time at which he hoped that everything would return to normal. He looked quite confident and optimistic in his reply.
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Dominic Thiem of Austria celebrates winning a point during his Group E singles match against Hubert Hurkacz of Poland during day six of the 2020 ATP Cup Group Stage at Ken Rosewall Arena on January 08, 2020, in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)
“Maybe in summer or autumn 2021, you will have a reasonably normal life again,” added the US Open 2020 winner.
Thiem believed that people would be back to their routine by the summer or autumn of 2021. Maybe, one could even see fans in the stadiums by that time.
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On the other hand, Dominic Thiem will also look to carry forward his momentum in 2021. After having a splendid 2020 season, he will try to win more titles and Grand Slams.
The Austrian will begin his campaign at the ATP Cup 2021, beginning on February 1. After that, he will move to the Australian Open 2021 and will definitely try to win his second Grand Slam title there. Will Thiem be able to conquer Melbourne this time?
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