Tennis, Dominic Thiem: Dominic Thiem canceled his participation in the US Open this year. The Austrian has to fit because of a wrist injury that has not yet completely healed, as he announced on Wednesday. Thiem had won against Alexander Zverev in a dramatic five-set final last year and thus celebrated his first Grand Slam title. Since then, the 27-year-old has not been able to return to his top form and repeatedly plagued himself with mental and physical problems.
Thiem played his last tennis match so far in Mallorca in June, before he had failed in the first round at the French Open in Paris. Thiem had already had to do without the lawn classic at Wimbledon because of the injury to his wrist. “After a week on the training ground, I still felt pain in my wrist and knew that I was not at 100 percent,” said Thiem. The Austrian will now undergo another conservative treatment over several weeks to give the hand more time to recover.
“I am very disappointed that I am unable to defend my title at the US Open and miss the rest of the season,” said Thiem. But now he wants to give himself all the time and only return to the tour completely fit, said the number six in the world. Before him, the Swiss Roger Federer had already canceled the last Grand Slam tournament of the season due to knee problems.
Football, Champions League: National player Kevin Volland and AS Monaco suffered a setback on their way to the Champions League. The team of the former Bayern coach Niko Kovac lost the playoff first leg of the qualification in their own stadium with 0: 1 (0: 1) against Shakhtar Donetsk from Ukraine. The Brazilian Pedrinho scored the winning goal for the guests in the 19th minute. The second leg will take place in Kharkiv on August 25th.
RB Salzburg has created a better starting position for reaching the group stage. The Austrian champions won their home game after a 0-1 break deficit with 2-1 against Brondby Copenhagen. Karim Adeyemi (56th) and Brenden Aaronson (90th) turned the game with their hits. Mikael Uhre had put the Danes in the lead. In the third game of the day, Sheriff Tiraspol caused a surprise. The team from Moldova defeated Dinamo Zagreb 3-0 (1-0) and has the best prospects of making it into the group stage.
Motorsport, Formula 1: Because of the consequences of the corona pandemic, Formula 1 is not driving in Japan this year either. After lengthy negotiations with the organizer and the authorities, the race in Suzuka, which was actually planned for October 10, will be canceled, the racing series announced on Wednesday. Previously, due to the alarming corona infection situation, the Japanese government had once again extended the state of emergency for the capital Tokyo and expanded it to other prefectures.
Formula 1 will present the new plans for a converted calendar in the coming weeks, it said. The World Cup races in Canada, Singapore and Australia had already been canceled. There are also doubts as to whether the race in Brazil can take place in November. “Formula 1 has shown this year that we can adapt and find solutions to the ongoing uncertainty,” said the racing series. There is a continuing high level of interest from many countries in hosting a Grand Prix. Originally, Formula 1 had planned a record calendar with 23 World Cup races for this season. The Japan race had already been canceled last year due to the corona crisis.
Soccer, 2nd Bundesliga: Next prominent entry for Holstein Kiel: The second division has strengthened itself after its unsuccessful start to the season with midfielder Lewis Holtby. The 30-year-old receives a two-year contract with the storks, as the North Germans announced on Tuesday. Holtby was most recently under contract with the English second division club Blackburn Rovers.
“I really wanted to go back to Germany,” said Holtby, who played in the Bundesliga for Schalke 04 and Hamburger SV, among others: “The second division is incredibly attractive. There are an incredible number of teams from the north, there will be many Give derbies. And Holstein has caused a sensation in recent years with an attractive, offensive style of play. ” Most recently, the Kiel, who started with three defeats in the league, had already made headlines with the loan from attacker Jann-Fiete Arp (21 / Bayern Munich).