Swiss Open: Thiem ousted in third set tiebreak by Varillas
Juan Pablo Varillas edged out Dominic Thiem 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (4) in the first round on Monday
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Peruvian qualifier Juan Pablo Varillas reached the second round of the Swiss Open by edging out Austrian Dominic Thiem 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (4) at the Roy Emerson Arena in Gstaad on Monday.
Varillas, ranked No 162, will play Italian Fabio Fognini, the No 7 seed, next.
Thiem, who will be retiring at the end of this season, is looking for his first ATP level win since early April.
Gstaad ATP 250, other first-round matches (Roy Emerson Arena, clay, EUR 579,320):
- Daniel Elahi Galan beat Vit Kopriva: 6-3, 6-2
- Fabio Fognini beat Titouan Droguet (Q): 6-4, 6-3
- Jan-Lennard Struff (5) beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4)
- Leandro Riedi (WC) beat Gregoire Barrere: 7-6 (2), 7-5
- Stan Wawrinka vs. Lukas Klein
- Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Dominic Stricker
- Pedro Cachin vs. Matteo Berrettini
- Gustavo Heide vs. Stefano Napolitano
- Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Hamad Medjedovic
- Quentin Halys vs. Richard Gasquet
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