Thiem Accepts Estoril Wild Card

Dominic Thiem will compete in the Millennium Estoril Open for the first time after accepting a wild card into the ATP 250 clay-court event, which will take place from 25 April-1 May.

“Hello everyone, I wanted to let you know that recovery of COVID is going well and I’ll be ready to compete again in a few days. As a matter of fact, I would like to thank the Millennium Estoril Open for the invitation and wild card to play the event this year in Cascais,” Thiem said. “I’ve heard great things about the event and I am looking forward to coming to Portugal to play and to start my comeback. Thank you.”

The Austrian, who is set to play his first tour-level event of the season at next week’s Serbia Open, is a 17-time tour-level titlist. He has lifted 10 of his trophies on clay.

Thiem last June suffered a tear in his right wrist, which kept him out for the rest of the season. The 28-year-old returned to action two weeks ago at an ATP Challenger Tour event in Marbella, where he lost in the first round against Pedro Cachin.

Felix Auger-Aliassime, Cameron Norrie and Diego Schwartzman are also set to compete in Estoril, where Albert Ramos-Vinolas is the defending champion.