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U.S. Open champion Thiem struggled with
blisters during the Vienna Open last month and his title defence
at his home tournament ended when he lost in the quarter-finals.
The world number three subsequently pulled out of the Paris
Masters to give himself time to recover for the ATP Finals,
which is played between the top eight men's single players and
doubles teams and will be held in London from Nov. 15-22.
"Nothing is quiet in fall – the last weeks have been busy," the
27-year-old said in a post on his website.
"After losing in the quarter-final 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."
Thiem went down narrowly to Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas in the
final of last year's tournament after defeating Alexander Zverev
in the semi-finals and Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic in the
group stages.
"On Wednesday I am leaving for London with a 'mini-team'. The
final goal of 2020, the memories of last year are nice!" he
said.
Last week, Thiem's home country reported record number of
infections from the novel coronavirus. The capital Vienna
witnessed a lone gunman kill four people in a rampage on Monday.
Thiem called the attack "very, very sad" and said his coach was
close to the scene.
"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," Thiem said.
(Reporting by Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai; Editing by Christopher
Cushing)
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