Novak Djokovic message speaks volumes about Dominic Thiem ahead of retirement

Dominic team said goodbye to the US Open Novak jokovic shared his honest thoughts on Dominic team after the former world number 3 played his final Grand Slam match at the US Open theme who won the US Open in 2020 will retire on home soil in October at the ATP 500 in Vienna and it's clear the 30-year-old will be missed by even his biggest Rivals as jokovic went out of his way to pile the praise on team earlier this year team announced that he would retire at the end of the season it didn't come as a huge surprise a wrist injury derailed his career in 2021 and he never rediscovered his top form the 17-time title winner still has a couple of tournaments left before he hangs up his racket but he has now played his final Grand Slam match losing to Ben Shelton in the first round of the US Open in front of the Arthur Ash Stadium crowd as his retirement nears some of them's colleagues have shared their thoughts on his career and jokovic gave a glowing review of his old foe well I would like to congratulate him on a great grand slam career the world number two said

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