"Sports is a very fast business and everybody is hungry" - Thiem after returning to New York

| by Zlatko Vodenicharov

Dominic Thiem didn't play in the Flushing Meadows since winning his first Grand Slam titles two years ago and in 2022, the Austria returns to the place of his biggest glory.

The 2020 US Open champion had two very difficult seasons when he was fighting an injury, but finally, he's back and ready to compete. In an interview ahead of the fourth Grand Slam of the season, Dominic Thiem recalled winning his first major and also spoke about how he feels two years later.

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“It doesn’t get old and I think it will never get old [saying that]. It will always be special and it will always be there, which makes me very happy,” Thiem told ATPTour.com. “But at the same time, sports is a very fast business and everybody is hungry every day. I have zero advantage because of being a champion.”

“The lesson I learned was that there is always light at the end of the tunnel, even when you don’t think there is, even when things are very, very tough, when there’s a lot of pain or when it seems like there is no way forward,” Thiem said. “I had this feeling quite a lot, especially in the beginning of the wrist injury. But somehow after a while, there is always a little step forward.

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