Thiem looks ahead to ATP Finals in London

Dominic Thiem will head to London with his sights set on winning the ATP Finals at the O2 Arena after the disappointment of getting so close last year.

Thiem goes into proceedings having won the US Open but his last action came at his home tournament, the Vienna Open where he lost to Andrey Rublev.

Last time out, he lost in a closely fought tie with Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final and he has his eye on putting that right.

"Nothing is quiet in fall – the last weeks have been busy. After losing in the quarterfinal at my home tournament in Vienna I recovered from my foot injury. It took me two, three days to recover, then I started my preparation for the final in London at the O2-Arena," said Thiem on his website.

"It was a week with thousands of thoughts in my mind. My coach Nicolas Massu literally experienced the atrocious terror attack in Vienna, was close having dinner at a restaurant and was locked up until 2:30 at night. A terror attack that shocked the entire world! Suddenly life was at a halt in Austria. Very, very, sad."

"Even less fun is the Corona-situation here in Austria. However, the “Athletes of the Year“ award ceremony will take place next Tuesday. Of course, without audience! No media rumble and highly guarded security checks. I shall be there together with my brother Moritz. It will be my final public appearance before the Masters in England.

On Wednesday I am leaving for London with a “mini-team“. The final goal of 2020, the memories of last year are nice! During the group phase I beat Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, I beat Alexander Zverev in the semi-final. Then I had that 6:7 in the third set against Stefanos Tsitsipas. It were just a few points that decided heaven or hell…"