Dominic Thiem talked about his health at a press conference at the Erste Bank Open. The former world number three had to concede defeat to eventual semi-finalist Ben Shelton in the second round of the US Open. Thiem underwent a four-day test in Austria last week due to stomach problems. The results of the gastroscopy are expected on Monday. Therefore, Thiem’s Davis Cup appearance against Portugal this week in Schwechat was still open. OTV team meeting will be on 15/16. Sept on the Portuguese.
“It depends how it goes, we’ll see if I play or not,” Thiem said at a press conference at the Erste Bank Open. “All the blood tests have already been done, I have a lot of infection in my stomach.” He first complained in Gstaad in July, before the final in Kitzbühel. Things got worse after the domestic tournament. “It was strange because I was fit. But I used to vomit every day. Towards the US Open I got more tired.
He knows little of the earlier complaints, but in the training week before the US Open – after the tournament was canceled in Winston-Salem – it “really came to the fore. It’s gotten worse instead of better.” At least he hasn’t vomited since taking the medicine. “I’m definitely recovering.”
