Dominic Thiem admitted he will miss the "high" of winning after his Grand Slam career came to an end at the US Open on Monday on the same Arthur Ashe court where he won his only major in 2020
The 30-year-old Austrian announced last week he was retiring at the end of the season after a career plagued by a long-term wrist injury.
Former US Open champion Dominic Thiem of Austria announced on Friday that he will retire from international tennis at the end of the 2024 season because of a wrist injury.
RafaelNadalwon his first match back from a year-long injury layoff when he beat former US Open champion Dominic Thiem at the Brisbane International.
The two men have played 15 times, with Rafael Nadal winning nine and Dominic Thiem six.
Dominic Thiem's Brisbane International qualifying match against Australian James McCabe was suspended for 40 minutes on Saturday after a poisonous snake slithered courtside.
Dominic Thiem will next play defending champion Holger Rune at Paris Masters.
Tsitsipas held his nerve in a final set tie-break to secure a 3-6, 7-6 (7/1), 6-2, 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (10/8) victory.
Rublev banked a 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 win on John Cain Arena -- his first of the year after two defeats in warm-up events, with either Australia's Max Purcell or Finland's Emil Ruusuvuori his next opponent.
The Austrian, who pushed Novak Djokovic to five sets in the 2020 Australian Open final, was sidelined for nine months with the injury sustained during the 2021 grass-court season