{"id":41191,"date":"2025-04-22T13:34:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T13:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/41191\/"},"modified":"2025-04-22T13:34:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T13:34:09","slug":"what-dominic-thiem-did-right-after-alexander-zverev-won-the-bmw-open-is-now-being-described-as-weird-and-strange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/41191\/","title":{"rendered":"What Dominic Thiem did right after Alexander Zverev won the BMW Open is now being described as \u2018weird’ and ‘strange’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Alexander Zverev stole the headlines at the BMW Open with his final win over Ben Shelton, but there was also an appearance from Dominic Thiem.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Zverev has tipped Shelton for a bright future<\/a> after their final in Munich, in which the German beat the American 6-2, 6-4.<\/p>\n

He now has 24 career ATP Tour<\/a> titles to his name, with Shelton denied a third of his career after a promising week.<\/p>\n

Both players have, however, experienced ranking rises, with Zverev<\/a> climbing one spot into second, ahead of Carlos Alcaraz.<\/p>\n

Shelton meanwhile has risen two spots to 13th, with the duo now quickly turning their focus to the Madrid Open.<\/p>\n

\"PhotoPhoto by ALEXANDRA BEIER\/AFP via Getty ImagesDominic Thiem handing Alexander Zverev his new car at the BMW Open labelled \u2018weird\u2019<\/p>\n

But former professional Steve Johnson<\/a> has taken exception to the trophy ceremony in Munich, where legendary figure Thiem<\/a> drove out a new car for Zverev after his success.<\/p>\n

Sharing his verdict on the Nothing Major Show, Johnson said: \u201cDid you guys find it strange? Is it me or is it weird that Dominic Thiem is driving out the car?<\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> Dominic Thiem responds when asked if he thinks Alexander Zverev can win a Grand Slam title<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cHe is barely removed from tennis and he is already like a ceremonial, trophy guy. I feel bad. His career should still be with the Sascha\u2019s and stuff.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would think it would hurt for him to drive those cars out when he should still potentially, if his body held up, would still be winning them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have no issue with it, I am just bummed for him. I am glad he is still involved in tennis but I just feel bad. He should still be winning that tournament rather than driving a car out.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

What ATP Tour titles did Austrian legend Dominic Thiem win?<\/p>\n

Thiem enjoyed a stellar career on the court, which involved beating Zverev in the final of the 2020 US Open.<\/p>\n

It represents one of 17 ATP titles for the 31-year-old, who was unfortunately forced to call time on his career last year.<\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> Dominic Thiem names the two ATP youngsters he thinks are \u2018amazing\u2019 and can reach the very top of the game<\/a><\/p>\n

The clay-court specialist would undoubtedly still be playing at the highest level if not for a wrist injury, which meant an early retirement for Thiem.<\/p>\n

He reached number three in the world rankings once upon a time, as well as losing three Grand Slam finals.<\/p>\n\nYear<\/strong><\/td>\nTitles<\/strong><\/td>\nTournaments<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2020<\/td>\n1<\/td>\nUS Open (Outdoor\/Hard)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2019<\/td>\n5<\/td>\nVienna (Indoor\/Hard)
Beijing (Outdoor\/Hard)
Kitzbuhel (Outdoor\/Clay)
Barcelona (Outdoor\/Clay)
ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (Outdoor\/Hard)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2018<\/td>\n3<\/td>\nSt. Petersburg (Indoor\/Hard)
Lyon (Outdoor\/Clay)
Buenos Aires (Outdoor\/Clay)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2017<\/td>\n1<\/td>\nRio de Janeiro (Outdoor\/Clay)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2016<\/td>\n4<\/td>\nStuttgart (Outdoor\/Grass)
Nice (Outdoor\/Clay)
Acapulco (Outdoor\/Hard)
Buenos Aires (Outdoor\/Clay)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2015<\/td>\n3<\/td>\nGstaad (Outdoor\/Clay)
Umag (Outdoor\/Clay)
Nice (Outdoor\/Clay)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Dominic Thiem career ATP Tour titles<\/p>\n

Thiem praised Zverev after his victory<\/a> at the BMW Open, which represents a record-equalling third Munich title.<\/p>\n

It arrived on his 28th birthday, and could mark the start of a resurgence after he went 6-6 on the ATP Tour after losing the Australian Open final to Jannik Sinner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alexander Zverev stole the headlines at the BMW Open with his final win over Ben Shelton, but there…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41192,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[4294,21310,23380,79,23381,1068,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-41191","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-atp","9":"tag-bmw-open","10":"tag-dominic-thiem","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-steve-johnson","13":"tag-tennis","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114381879151940260","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}