Thiem set to play 2020 Olympics in Tokyo

After winning his first Grand Slam title, Dominic Thiem changed his plans and announced that he will compete at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

If the 2020 Olympic Games took part in 2020 as they were supposed to, it would have been second Olympics in a row missed by Thiem. However, they were pushed back to 2021, and so the Austrian also changed his plans and announced that he will play in Tokyo.

"I am going to participate at the Olympic Summer Games in Tokyo starting on July 23!" Thiem said in a post on his website. "I have been thinking about it for a longer period of time, and next year it eventually fits into my tournament schedule."

"And I am looking forward to it to compete for a medal. My coach Nicolas Massu won two gold medals in Athens in 2004, he told me about the incredibly wonderful emotions," Thiem added. "I want to feel these kind of emotions myself. For an athlete the atmosphere at the Olympics must be unique, I want to soak it all up."