He won the US Open 2020, but after a major success at Flushing Meadows, his career has been steadily going downhill. Dominic Thiem also crashed out of the Miami Masters early, the Austrian suffered his fifth consecutive defeat on the ATP circuit.

Dominic Thiem is in freefall for the first part of the 2023 season

Success in the final of Arthur Ashe seems to be from another life for Dominic, who has been fighting for almost three seasons to return to the elite of world tennis.

He had a number of physical problems (injuries), but he was not very well mentally either, as he once admitted.

Losses continued to mount, and Thiem’s ​​confidence in his own abilities practically evaporated.

ATP No. 3 two years ago, Dominic Thiem exited the Miami tournament in the first round, losing in straight sets 7-6(7), 6-2 to Italian Lorenzo Sonego.

Elsewhere, a formidable opponent even for the greats Federer, Nadal and Djokovic, the Austrian suffered his fifth straight defeat on the ATP circuit.

Dominik is currently ranked 106th in the world and has only one win and 7 losses this season (!) in singles.

On Thursday, they played in the first round of the ATP in Miami

Thanasi Kokkinakis – Zizou Bergs 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(7)

Adrian Mannarino – Juncheng Shang 1-6, 6-4, 6-2

Christopher Eubanks – Denis Kudla 7-6(2), 6-2

Gregoire Barrer – Roman Safiulin 6-4, 3-6, 6-3

Quentin Galis – Pedro Martinez 6-2, 7-6(4)

Mackenzie McDonald – Daniel Galan 6-4, 6-2

Alex Molkan – Jordan Thompson 6-2, 4-6, 6-3

Roberto Carballes – Bernabe Zapata 6-0, 3-0 (Zapata eliminated)

Thiago Monteiro – Jason Kubler 6-4, 7-6(6)

Aleksandar Kovacevich – Jaume Munar 7-6(4), 2-6, 6-1

Lorenzo Sonego – Dominic Thiem 7-6(7), 6-2

Yosuke Watanuki – Benoit Pere 6-4, 7-5

Thomas Etcheverry – Pavlo Kotov 6-2, 6-2

Jiri Lehechka – Federico Coria 6-3, 6-4

Christian Garin – Marcos Giron 6-4, 2-6, 6-4

Richard Gasquet – Christopher O’Connell 6-4, 3-6, 6-1.

The Miami Masters takes place from March 22 to April 2 on hard, has a total prize fund of $8.8 million, and the current champion and main favorite is Carlos Alcaraz.

Results of the second day of the draw for the ATP men’s singles in Miami