The Austrian’s progress has been marked of late and he will be a serious threat in the
Australian Open finalWhen Novak Djokovic’s garrulous coach, Goran Ivanisevic, and his longtime confidant, Marian Vajda, cancelled their press conference at the last minute here on Friday, suspicions grew that the Serb was more worried than he wanted to let on about Dominic Thiem.
The defending champion, normally so open, has been seen only fleetingly since beating
Roger Federer in the semi-finals on Thursday and has said nothing publicly since immediately after that match.