Dominic Thiem likely to receive US Open wild card after not using protected ranking

Dominic Thiem should play at this year's US Open and it will be the first one he plays since winning the event in 2020.

He was supposed to defend his trophy last year but a wrist injury completely derailed his season forcing him not only to miss the US Open but the rest of the year as well. Now, back to playing tennis once again, Thiem looks likely to play at the US Open again however he did not use his protected ranking to enter the event according to the most recent entry list.

Thiem has been entering events mostly thanks to his protected ranking option because his ranking dropped considerably due to not playing. He did not burn one for the US Open meaning that he will probably receive a wild card. If he doesn't he will have to play the qualifiers and that should tell you that he probably was promised a wild card by event organisers.