Crash in the world rankings
Austria’s number one had to pause for months following suffering a wrist injury last June. Thiem lost his comeback match at the end of March on the Challenger Tour in Marbella once morest Argentinian Pedro Cachin 3: 6, 4: 6.
On the ATP tour, he had to admit defeat to Australian John Millman 3: 6.6: 3.4: 6 in Belgrade. As a result, he also lost 39 places in the world rankings and fell back to 93rd place.
