Thiem continues resurgence, beats Gaston to reach Gstaad second round
Dominic Thiem edged out Hugo Gaston 1-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7) on Tuesday. He’ll face Argentinian Federico Delbonis in the next round
Austria’s Dominic Thiem in action during his first round match against Bolivia’s Hugo Dellien (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
Dominic Thiem advanced to the second round of the Swiss Open by edging out Frenchman Hugo Gaston, the No 7 seed, 1-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7) at the Roy Emerson Arena in Gstaad on Tuesday.
The former US Open champion is en route back to full fitness following a nine-month absence and then four months in which he did not record a win.
Thiem, ranked No 274, will play Argentinian Federico Delbonis next.
Gstaad ATP 250, other first-round results (Roy Emerson Arena, clay, EUR 597.900, most recent results first):
- Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Dominic Stricker
- Nicolas Jarry vs. Thiago Monteiro: tuesday
- Yannick Hanfmann (Q) beat Cristian Garin (6): 6-3, 6-4
- Elias Ymer (Q) beat Benoit Paire: 6-2, 2-0 ret.
- Juan Pablo Varillas (Q) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 7-6 (5), 6-2
- Richard Gasquet beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 7-5, 6-4
- Jaume Munar beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
- Alexander Ritschard (WC) beat João Sousa (8): 6-3, 6-3
- Jiri Lehecka beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 6-1, 6-3
- Federico Delbonis beat Mikael Ymer: 6-4, 7-5
- Pedro Martinez (5) beat Carlos Taberner: 6-4, 6-3
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