Thiem saves two match points to reach Winston-Salem second round

Austrian wildcard Dominic Thiem moved into the second round of the Winston-Salem Open by edging out American J..J. Wolf in a three-set thriller that was interrupted by rain at Wake Forest Tennis Complex on Monday night.

Thiem saved two match points against Wolf, who also entered via a wild card, before prevailing 6-7 (5), 7-5, 7-6 (6).

The match, which had a rain delay of more than one hour and 50 minutes, finally got completed after 3 hours and 10 minutes of play.

The former US Open champion will next meet top seed Grigor Dimitrov in the second round. The Bulgarian received a bye in his opening round.

Thiem, now ranked No 231 in the world, was playing his first hard court match of the season and this marked his first hardcourt win in 18 months. The Austrian also has a wild card entry into the US Open next week.

Winston-Salem ATP 250, first-round results (Wake Forest Tennis Complex, hard, USD 823.420, most recent results first):

• Fabio Fognini beat Dusan Lajovic: 7-5, 7-5
• Kyle Edmund beat Michail Pervolarakis (LL): 6-2, 7-5
• Mikael Ymer (WC) beat Federico Coria: 6-2, 6-3
• Steve Johnson beat Emilio Nava (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Chun-Hsin Tseng beat Marton Fucsovics (LL): 6-1, 1-6, 6-3
• Alejandro Tabilo beat Shintaro Mochizuki (LL): 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Adrian Mannarino beat Christopher O’Connell (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-7 (3), 7-6 (3)
• Tallon Griekspoor (LL) beat Taro Daniel (LL): 7-6 (3), 6-3
• James Duckworth beat Thanasi Kokkinakis: 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Peter Gojowczyk beat Jiri Lehecka: 6-4, 6-3
• John Millman beat Hugo Gaston: 6-2, 6-3
• Laslo Djere beat David Goffin: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
• Thiago Monteiro beat Denis Kudla: 7-6 (1), 7-5
• SoonWoo Kwon beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-1, 6-4
• Richard Gasquet beat Kamil Majchrzak: 6-7 (5), 6-2, 1-0 ret.

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