Loss of confidence + back to back injuries That's all So sad So unfortunate

And last but not least,an inspiration for many tennis lovers like me. One handed backhand and clay court as favourite surface it' s already a big combination !!!!

He didnt really threat Nadal on clay, but when it comes to hardcourt its another story

He led the h2h 5-2 against Federer, having beaten the legend on every surfaces including clay, grass, both indoor & outdoor hcs.

​@anseinueseima408 you have no idea what you're talking about lmao

@@anseinueseima408what he beat nadal 4 times on clay

If he was fit after US open title.... Rafa and Novac could be no where close to 20 Grand slams titles ...

Youre right

​@@excalibur9545As always, lol

Sadly, it happens often to the best.. Del Potro's pattern. #Missedbutnotforgotten

Couldn't have said it better. His one handed backhand down the line is the most exciting shot to see for me. He will be missed!

If he was fit after US open title.... Rafa and Novac could be no where close to 20 Grand slams titles ...

​@@Magicpot567Nahh!! He isn’t same league as like as big-3

​@@teasellermodi5897he isn t but djoko aand nadal would ve been too old to face off prime thiem.

​@@teasellermodi5897 but he has the game to take them down look at the h2h

​@@Magicpot567maybe true but dont put aside the fact that Nadal and Djokovic took between themselves one from another many slams otherwise one of them would have 30+ slams before Thiem and very hard reachable.

That backhand was a money shot. Thiem, Fed, and Stan had the best one handers of the last 2 decades.

If my correct, all that power is the cause of he's short injury prone prime ?

@@wimowalternative I think it's the forehand that really damaged his wrist. It was also his forehand, his main weapon, that has been lost forever after the wrist injury. His backhand was still fine in 2022 and parts of 2023.

"The Thieminator". I like that. That's good. 👍

Was looking for this comment. At least delpo had a renaissance in 2017/18 but sadly not to be for thiem

What about Murray del Porto or Wawrinka ? Or even Tsonga or Cilic….

@@MaxiGenferei Wawrinka's H2H with the big 3 is 12 wins and 63 losses. Tsonga's H2H is 16 wins and 39 losses. Del Potro's H2H is 17 wins and 45 losses. Thiem's H2H with the big 3 is 16 wins and 19 losses. He was really the closest thing to the big 3 in his prime after Murray. His peak level was insanely high. His biggest problem was inconsistency, he was losing many early round matches to random players. But at his best, he was basically as good as the big 3.

​@@J.-M.Lol he faced big 3 in their 30s and Fed of late 30s

@@blistering2900 Many other top players did, and they still couldn't beat them. The only matches that really inflated his H2H were those 2016 matches with Federer when Roger was basically playing on one leg with his injured knee (and playing really poorly). But he was really playing brutal tennis against Djokovic (won 5 out of their last 7 meetings, and even the 2 he lost were very close) and Nadal, and those victories were "legit". His peak level was incredible, some of the best tennis the tour has ever seen.

@@J.-M. well do exactly same H2H but only for GS. Matches Have you seen the 45 losses from Del Potro? Only bangers. Wawrinka lost 63 times but won 3 slams beating each time all Top 3, and if you lost that much it also mean that you’ve reached late stages of tournament many many times….

Tennis TV could release another 10 compilations of his equally amazing backhands and it would still be a tiny fraction of the amazing backhands he hit in his career. He could literally, without exaggeration, hit more stunning down-the-line backhands in a single match, even on a bad day, than many players hit in their career. It helped him win 5 out of his last 7 matches with Djokovic, got him to world No. 3. He was the biggest threat to the "big 3" in his prime, nobody else had such amazing stats against them.

he's only that high on the list if you don't adjust for inflation. prize money went way up in the '10s

Actually, many people were constantly saying with absolute certainty "He will win many Roland Garros titles after Rafa retires" or, even worse "I will root for him after Rafa retires". They were saying it every year since 2015, but even then it was already clear to many people (including me) that with his taxing game style, he will be either too old to win anything meaningful after Rafa retires, or he may retire even earlier than him. People just always have unrealistic ideas and never learn, and this also included his comeback (constantly saying "He's still young, he has many more years, he will certainly get back to top 10 and win more grand slams etc.", even though it was increasingly clear with each passing month that he's done for good). The moral of the story? Don't wait for your favourite player to retire before you start rooting for a new one. The new one may already be too old by then. Don't think that players will have their best years in them in their thirties. They won't. No, 35 is not the new 25 and all that nonsense that people keep repeating. If you want to enjoy success or anything or anyone in life, now is the best chance. There may not be another one in 5 or 10 years. Don't wait for anything. I remember Dominic saying several years ago he won't play the olympics, it's not so important to him and he's still young and there will be another chance... There wasn't.

​@@J.-M. I mean he's just a high performance athlete who's had an injury that's prevented him from getting back to the top. It happens: see Roddick, Del Potro, Soderling (illness).

If he was fit after US open title.... Rafa and Novac could be no where close to 20 Grand slams titles ...

​@Magicpot567 if Nadal was fit, Djokovic and Federer would be nowhere near him.

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​@@Jackie-ji2sj😂😅

Not fate but age taking out Roger, I mean he retired aged 40 vs 30 for Thiem

And then he was close to beat Djokovic in final also.

If he was fit after US open title.... Rafa and Novac could be no where close to 20 Grand slams titles ...

He was lost generation player.

@@teasellermodi5897 He was his own generation. He wasn't a part of the lost gen players (Dimitrov, Raonic, Nishikori). He was younger and better, stronger than them. Neither was he a part of the original next gen group (Zverev, Rublev etc.). He was somewhere in between. He was unique, in many aspects.

Lol.. you didn't watch tennis before 2017 ? Murray was the biggest oppenent for the big 3 with 29 victories

@@TheKDX7 sure agreed

@@TheKDX7 When Murray's prime ended, Thiem's prime began. So the OP is basically right, Dominic was the closest thing to the big 3 after Murray, in his best period (2017-2020). Many people still don't realize how amazing his H2H with the big 3 is. Nobody else could come close. Sure, the big 3 (especially Roger) were getting older and more vulnerable. Still, anyone who remembers his matches against Novak and Rafa understands what an unbelievable player he was.

​@@J.-M.thiem only won 1 masters apart from his GS title.