If you want to know exactly how it feels to be defeated by Rafael Nadal in the Roland-Garros final, then Dominic Thiem had just the phrase.
“He stepped on me,” said Thiem. “I’ve come from heaven [beating No.1 seed Novak Djokovic in the semi-final] to hell. You have to beat seven good players at this tournament, and one or two legends. That's a unique and also brutal thing.