Dominic Timm is seeking an Oscar for sports today, «kleinezeitung.at

Dominic Team meets Australian Alex de Minor today in the Round of 16 in Madrid. In the evening, the Austrian can be honored at the Laureus World Sports Awards in London.

to Alexander Tiger | 05.30, 06. May 2021

With strong success in round 6: 1, 6: 3 over the US Qualifiers Marcus Giron Answered Dominic Tim Return to tour of the Masters tournament in Madrid after nearly 50 days of absence. However, even if the Austrian had a 3-0 victory record, today’s round of 16 games with the Australian would be Alex de Minor Anything but walking. “I still lack matches, and my expectations here in Madrid are still very low,” Tim stressed at a press conference in New York. ‘Magic box’.

Although according to various specialist magazines, Lichtenwörther was re-eligible for the French Open title (starts in Paris on May 30th) with appearances against Geron, the performance against the number 91 in the world should not be overestimated. The fourth seed in the world, who wants to gather as many motivational boosters as possible before Roland Garros, knows that, too.

Five opponents of Tim in London

Speaking of motivation- the 27-year-old can have that day out of the match against De Minor. Tim will wave an award at the Laureus World Sports Awards starting at 7 pm in London thanks to his winning the US Open in the “Breakthrough of the Year 2020” category. He is a Lower Austrian against the Spanish soccer talent Ansu FatiWinner of Super Bowl Patrick Mahomes (USA), Spanish World MotoGP champion Joan Mir, Slovenian winner of the Tour de France Tadige Bojacar And Polish women Iga Swiatek, The winner of the French Open tennis tournament, will be only the fifth Austrian to receive this honor.

The four winners so far: 2003 Arnold Schwarzenegger In the “Sports for Good” category, 2004 Ski-Superstar Hermann Mayer For the year 2013 Felix Baumgartner (Action athlete) In 2016 three-time Formula 1 world champion Niki Lauda For his life work.

Hamilton and Bellis are last year’s winners

The Sportsman Academy Award has been awarded since 2000. There are five major categories selected by international and academic media: Laureus World Sportsman of the Year (in 2020 he was Formula 1 World Series Champion) Lewis Hamilton), Laureus World Sports of the Year (she won the American gymnast last year Simon Biles For the second time in a row and for the third time overall), the Laureus World Team of the year, the Laureus World Breakout of the Year, and the Laureus World Return.

By the way, laurius is the Latin word for laurel – the universal symbol of victory in sport. Cartier creates the statues exclusively of Laureus, and the character of the sport is accentuated by the representation of the five continents engraved on the pedestal. The statues are 30 centimeters high and weigh 2.5 kilograms. Each shape contains 670 grams of fine silver and a gold-plated base with a weight of 650 grams.

With these dimensions, the prize will also have a lot of space on Thiem’s ​​bedside table …