Wild card for Dominic Thiem – well, it is so far the 16-year lower Austrian made a sensational year in the top ten of the youth world rankings and is traded by experts as fixer successor to Thomas Muster. On the way there, he is coached by Gunter Bresnik, who once led as Boris Becker at the top of the world. It’s a great thing that Dominic in Kitzbuhel with wild card allowed to compete. The Kitzbuehel tournament was always a good breeding ground for Austrian tennis hopes, also once Antonitsch and Skoff are grown here. Thanks for the KTC has allows it”, so the success coach proud. Dominic Thiem itself is overwhelmed: Wow, I’m on tennis cloud 7. This is a super way, thank you very much!” For him, one of his greatest wishes fulfilled went recently when he was allowed to practice for an hour at Wimbledon with his big Idol Roger Federer. The next highlight of his young career is now already in August on. With this wildcard, the Austrian open underline once again that next generation of Austrian tennis is very close to the hearts and the tournament makes an important contribution to the further development of the sport in Austria.