Two young guns making plenty of noise in the first quarter of the year have unsurprisingly kept him tuning in.
“Mensik and Fonseca are amazing. I love to watch them. They already made it. There is no question they are really going to be at the top,” said Thiem.
“I could watch them every week on the TV, but it’s also interesting to watch somebody for the first time,” he added after pointing to German teens Justin Engel and Diego Dedura-Palomero.
The latter became the first player born in 2008 to post a tour-level win when Denis Shapovalov retired from their opening-round contest down a set and 3-0.
