Vienna Open: Thiem reaches second round
Dominic Thiem edged out Tommy Paul 2-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (6) on Tuesday evening and will play the winner of the match between Russian Daniil Medvedev, the top seed, and Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili in the next round
Austrian Dominic Thiem advanced to the second round of the Vienna Open by edging out American Tommy Paul 2-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (6) at the Wiener Stadthalle on Tuesday evening.
Thiem, ranked No 113, will face the winner of the match between Russian Daniil Medvedev, the top seed, and Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili next.
Vienna ATP 500, other first-round results (Wiener Stadthalle, EUR 2.349.180, most recent results first):
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili
- Dennis Novak vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Cristian Garin vs. Jannik Sinner
- Tallon Griekspoor vs. Marcos Giron
- Hubert Hurkacz (5) beat Frances Tiafoe: 7-6 (9), 3-6, 6-3
- Cameron Norrie (7) beat Pedro Cachin (LL): 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (1)
- Denis Shapovalov beat Jurij Rodionov (WC): 6-4, 6-4
- Emil Ruusuvuori beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-2, 6-3
- Grigor Dimitrov beat Thiago Monteiro (Q): 6-3, 6-4
- Daniel Evans beat Oscar Otte (LL): 6-4, 7-6 (3)
- Andrey Rublev (3) beat Diego Schwartzman: 6-4, 6-1
- Francisco Cerundolo beat Filip Misolic (WC): 6-3, 6-3
- Taylor Fritz (4) beat Yoshihito Nishioka (Q): 6-7 (4), 7-6 (7), 6-3
- Borna Coric beat Quentin Halys (Q): 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
- Karen Khachanov beat J.J. Wolf (Q): 7-6 (4), 7-5