news/WHAT/Freitag, 30.12.22, 08:46:11
The participation of Austria’s tennis ace Dominic Thiem in the main competition of the Australian Open (from January 16) is now officially secured. As the organizers confirmed on Friday, the 29-year-old will receive a wild card. As number 105 in the world at the time, the Lower Austrian missed the cut at the beginning of December, but then declared that he would be given a “free ticket” at the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. Thiem was in the final “Down Under” in 2020.
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Austria will also definitely be represented in the women’s singles main draw at the Australian Open. Austria’s number one, Julia Grabher from Vorarlberg, made it onto the entry list as current number 83 in the WTA rankings. Qualification for the first major of the year begins on January 11th, with the main competitions starting five days later.
