Dominic Thiem

The rumours around the O2 since Roger Federer, the most prolific champion in the history of the ATP Finals, had been rife. His performance in…

There was never any doubt, certainly very little doubt, that the 10-time and defending French Open champion and world No1 Rafael Nadal would be there…

The first men’s quarter-final at this year’s French Open was the latest in what is promising to be a glimpse of the future of men’s…

It is a very long time in the history of the ATP Masters tour since so many different names have decorated the trophies at this…

While the biggest story of the Mutua Madrid Masters was unfolding on a packed Manolo Santana court at the Caja Magica on a bright Friday…

The last eight at this year’s Mutua Madrid Open came down to a happy, intriguing mix of new and familiar, young and old, record-breaking and…

What a difference a week makes. As the first Major of the year got underway seven days ago, the talk was all about the perceived…

Tennis, perhaps, has grown used to the presence of the one-handed backhand, because tennis has become accustomed to the presence of one that shot’s most…

Between them, the highest remaining seeds at the Rome Masters, No2 Novak Djokovic and No4 Rafael Nadal, owned 11 of the last 12 titles. The…

As tennis pundits will tell you before the start of each of Masters tournament, ‘the big four’ continues to be alive and kicking many years…

By the time that world No5 and Spanish No1 Rafael Nadal took to court at the end of a cool, stormy, and very un-Spanish day…

The early loss of world No1 Andy Murray in his opener was a shock for the biggest, brightest and probably hottest Masters tournament of the…

The scenarios as the singles and doubles stars of the ATP World Tour Finals enter their last round-robin matches were complex and various. For the…

Such has been the dominance of ‘the big four’—now arguably expanded to ‘the big five’—at the top of the game that many have cast around…

It was the kind of schedule in Miami that made it hard to know where to look: 16 men were set to battle for a…

The fight for the final places in the fourth round of the first and grandest of the ATP Masters tournaments threw up rivalries of every…

Two years ago, almost to the week, this correspondent highlighted the name of a young player, Dominic Thiem, who looked destined to make a big…

And there, in the blink of an eye—with gaze turned firmly to family affairs—the tennis scene moved on, moved into full Montreal swing, and moved…

It may have been a while coming, but the rise of Dominic Thiem, the talented 21-year-old Austrian, seemed inevitable since the teenager with the one-handed…

And so it has come down to eight, the men who will battle for semi-final places in the mini Major o Miami, one of the…

This time last year, a 20-year-old talent from Austria, Dominic Thiem, was a fast-rising youngster with just five main-tour wins to his name, all of…