FILE PHOTO: Tennis - bett1ACES exhibition tournament - Berlin Tempelhof Airport, Berlin, Germany - July 18, 2020 Austria's Dominic Thiem in action during his semi final match against Germany's Tommy Haas REUTERS/Annegret Hilse
(Reuters) - Only a few months ago Austrian world number three Dominic Thiem was among the firm favourites to win the U.S. Open title but less than a week before the start of the Grand Slam in New York the 26-year-old is facing an uphill struggle.
A finalist at the Australian Open in February, pushing Novak Djokovic to five sets, this looked to be the year when Thiem would finally break his Grand Slam drought and win a major.
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