More often than not, it’s the guy who makes the first move in a relationship. In Dominic Thiem’s case, however, it was the other way round as Kristina Mladenovic had approached him first.

Well, sort of… he claims so!

“She asked me for a warm up. So it’s her,” Thiem told during an interview at the Paris Masters.

“But I’m not sure she was looking for a date. But, there was a lot in between but it’s too long to answer, but that’s how it started,” he added.

The Austrian star has been seeing Frenchwoman Mladenovic since a couple of years. And during the course of time, his French has improved ‘a lot’, he says,

“Because I’m in a competition with Kiki and I need to improve much better than her. I’m learning everyday and I think it’s getting good,” he said.

Meanwhile, Thiem defeated Gilles Simon of France 6-4 6-2 in the opener. He is now scheduled to lock horns with Croatia’s Borna Coric on Thursday.