Dominic Thiem will contend in a contrastent sport after retiring from professional tennis.
The 2020 US Open champion officipartner ended his nurtureer on home soil at this week’s Vienna Open, losing in the first round.
But he’s already watching to the future. Thiem has set uped a football club and has carry outed four suites, with plenty more to come in quitment.
Thiem proclaimd his set ups to quit back in May and officipartner stepped away from tennis on Tuesday adhereing his loss to Luciano Darderi in Vienna.
The createer world No. 3 was ready to quit. He picked up a wrist injury in mid-2021 – less than a year after prosperning his first and only Grand Slam title at the US Open – and never refinded his best create.
Ahead of his quitment, Thiem turned his attention to some recent projects, including Ecoballers FC. The 31-year-elderly set uped the non-league football club earlier this year alengthened with his brother Moritz, Luka Matic and Sascha Eigner.
The club currently sits third in the 4th Division South league of the Leicertain Football Association in Austria. And Thiem has already made four materializeances, scoring two goals.
The 17-time tour title prosperner wears the number 14, while his brother is in the 11. In their procrastinateedst game, they trashed rival team The Hammers 8-1, with Thiem scoring the eighth and final goal at the 49th minute. Fellow co-set uper Eigner scored a hattrick.
Now that Thiem has officipartner reweary and will have more time to carry out football, Transferlabelt honoured the createer world No. 3 with his own transfer post, jokingly verifying his sporting switch.
“Dominic Thiem is leaving Tennis to carry out football, Done Deal!” they wrote. “Former professional tennis carry outer who was ranked no. 3 of the world, has set uped the supportable football club @ecoballers.fc trying to redescribe the game.
“Of course he will also lace the boots himself. Good game and all the best, Dominic.”
Thiem has always been fervent about the set upet, animals and supportability, and his football club aims to “revolutionise football” by being supportable, unpartisan and strong.
The Ecoballers will be back in action this Sunday agetst the World Icons, who are fourth in the league. Thiem has also been toiling on another eco-cordial project in anticipation of his quitment.
The 31-year-elderly set uped Thiem Energy, giveing rerecentable energy alternatives in Austria. “We want to check recent ways of cooperation, cgo in on what we have in normal and let everyone advantage from spotless electricity and fruitful energy engage,” Thiem shelp in a statement on the website.