Recently, Dominic Thiem’s grandfather Josef Mullner opened up about how much the feat meant to him and the entire family. Mullner expressed great pride at his grandson’s stirring comeback in the final, where he overturned a two-set deficit to beat Alexander Zverev.
Mullner is very optimistic about the future too, asserting that “World No. 1 (ranking) will come” eventually for the 27-year-old.
Have learnt the chaos from Dominic Thiem: Jodef Mullner
During the interview, Mullner also shed light on the nature of his relationship with Dominic Thiem and the hard-hitting baseliner’s early professional years.
Dominic Thiem himself has spoken in the past about the important role that his family has played in his career, particularly his grandfather. Mullner has now revealed that he helped with his grandson’s tennis travels at the beginning of his career.
The Austrian’s grandfather also laid great emphasis on education, even though he knew Dominic wanted to be a professional tennis player from a very young age. The World No. 3 eventually dropped out of school at the age of 16 - something Mullner hails as the right decision today.
Mullner also claimed that he learnt various things from his grandson, rather than it only being the other way around.
Dominic Thiem is currently trying to defend his title at the Erste Bank Open in Vienna, where he beat Vitaliy Sachko on Tuesday. The Austrian will next play the Paris Masters, before returning to London for the Nitto ATP Finals - where he was the runner-up in 2019.
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