World No 4 Dominic Thiem was in no mood to forgive or forget Serena Williams on Sunday night after he was turfed out of a press conference to accommodate her.

'It also shows a bad personality in my opinion,' the normally mild-mannered Austrian told Eurosport.' I am a 100 per cent sure Federer or Nadal would never do something like that.'

He had been angered on Saturday evening when he was evicted from his German-speaking media duties in the main interview room at Roland Garros to make way for the American women's great.

Austrian tennis player Dominic Thiem was left furious after officials asked him to vacate the main press conference room at the French Open to make way for Serena Williams

Thiem was speaking to German language journalists following his victory over Pablo Cuevas

Thiem described the decision as a 'joke' before walking out of the press conference

Dominic Thiem was midway through the German-speaking section of his press conference when he was told he had to leave the main interview room and switch to a smaller one in order to accommodate Serena Williams after her loss to Sofia Kenin. He was furious. Understandably.#RG19 pic.twitter.com/KyzOAuh8mm — Biola Solace-Chukwu (@Beeorlicious) June 2, 2019

Serena Williams was sent crashing out of the French Open by the unseeded Sofia Kenin

The freshly defeated Williams offered to go in a smaller auditorium but was directed by tour staff into the bigger area, leaving the Austrian, who had just won, distinctly unimpressed.

'I'm not a junior player any more. I don't really get it, seriously. I mean, what the hell?' he responded at the time. 'It's a joke, really. I have to leave the room because she's coming. I leave also then. I'm not standing around. I can also do what I want.'

In a further twist audio evidence emerged on Sunday night in which Williams can be heard telling tournament staff they are ‘very rude’ before stating that she will deliberately cut the ensuing press conference short.

On Sunday Thiem received support from Roger Federer, obviously used to being someone hugely in demand, who had a clear view on a matter that has clearly been talked about in the men's locker room.

'Something went wrong for this to happen,' he said. 'There's always a way to go, that the one who is still in the tournament gets priority. If I would have lost today against (Leonardo Mayer) I would let him go first or decide when he wants to go to press as he's got a next match.

'I understand Dominic's frustration. For him it's just about how in the world did this happen?'. It is understood that Thiem has received an apology from French Open Tournament Director Guy Forget.

The incident is only symptomatic of how tennis tends to bow and scrape to its biggest stars, none more so than the younger Williams sister, who inspires fear in many.

Thiem was all smiles immediately after his win over Pablo Cuevas but the mood soon soured

Williams was evidently in a hurry to get her media duties complete after losing to Kenin

The 23-time Grand Slam winner waves goodbye to the tournament after Saturday's loss

Its worst manifestation was when large chunks of the tennis establishment and American media sided with her against umpire Carlos Ramos after her unacceptable outbursts in last year's US Open final against Naomi Osaka. The whole climate makes it difficult for relatively low-ranking tour staff not to accede to her wishes.

Before leaving Roland Garros following her third round defeat to 20 year-old Sofia Kenin, Williams made clear that she would be looking to add a tournament to her schedule before Wimbledon.

That is likely to be the Nature Valley International at Eastbourne the week before the big fortnight. There are not too many other options for her to try and acquire the sharpness that is clearly desperately needed.

Playing an extra tournament for her is quite a change of policy. She has only twice entered one on grass before Wimbledon, at Eastbourne in 1998 and again in 2011, normally preferring to stay at home in Florida and practice on the grass courts owned by golf legend Jack Nicklaus near her home.