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Dominic Thiem Poses Unexpected Threat At 2018 ATP Finals

By Harry Floyd

PARIS, FRANCE - NOVEMBER 03: Dominic Thiem of Austria plays a backhand during his Semi Final match against Karen Khachanov of Russia on Day 6 of the Rolex Paris Masters on November 3, 2018 in Paris, France. (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)
PARIS, FRANCE - NOVEMBER 03: Dominic Thiem of Austria plays a backhand during his Semi Final match against Karen Khachanov of Russia on Day 6 of the Rolex Paris Masters on November 3, 2018 in Paris, France. (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images) /
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Rising tennis star Dominic Thiem is someone to watch at the 2018 ATP Finals in London. He reaches the event for the third straight year.

Dominic Thiem is no stranger to the ATP Finals in London. In fact, this is his third consecutive year qualifying for the event. Despite being one of the younger players in this year’s field, Thiem has more experience at the ATP Finals than some of the other qualifiers.

His first opponent, Kevin Anderson, has qualified for just the first time in his successful career. Anderson is a veteran who has seen fantastic success in the previous two years on tour. Also in his first ever ATP Finals is American veteran John Isner.

Thiem, on the other hand, has the unique mixture of experience and youth. He is just 25-years-old and the current world number eight in men’s singles tennis. Thiem and Alexander Zverev makeup the rising stars in this year’s field.

Serbian superstar Novak Djokovic is our favorite to take the title at the 2018 ATP Finals. He and Roger Federer have the most experience at the event throughout the past decade and Nole, in particular, has dominated his time at the O2 Arena in London. Djokovic went on a four year streak of titles at the ATP Finals between 2012 – 2015. Thiem will need to compete at the highest of levels if he hopes to knock out either Djokovic or Federer.

Dominic Thiem enters the 2018 ATP Finals in Group Lleyton Hewitt. Roger Federer is atop the group. Also included are Kevin Anderson and Kei Nishikori. The young Austrian could pose a threat not only in the group stage, but as he shoots for a title in London.

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Dominic Thiem has three ATP singles titles on the year. Can he pick up the biggest title of his year at the ATP Finals in London? He seeks to earn a win over Anderson on Sunday at the O2 Arena. Check back to see if the rising star can knock out some of the sport’s greatest players. With Rafael Nadal out of the mix this year, Djokovic and Federer are the players to beat and Thiem could be just the player to make an impact.

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