Former finalist Dominic Thiem has been handed an Australian Open wildcard after narrowly lacking direct entry as he continues a powerful fightback from damage.
The former world No.3 missed this 12 months’s version of the grand slam after a wrist damage – sustained throughout the 2021 grass-court season – sidelined him for 9 months.
In 2020, the Austrian pushed Novak Djokovic laborious earlier than shedding the Australian Open last in 5 units.
But he broke via for a maiden grand slam singles title on the US Open eight months later, beating Alexander Zverev in 5 units.
The 29-year-old has staged a powerful damage comeback. In the second half of 2022, he rose from outdoors the highest 350 to world No.102.
He gained 22 of his final 33 matches, together with semi-final runs at ATP occasions in Gstaad, Gijon and Antwerp and notched a number of wins over top-20 gamers.
He has acquired a 2023 Australian Open wild-card entry together with Americans Taylor Townsend and Christopher Eubanks and French gamers Diane Parry and Luca Van Assche.
