- Former world number three Dominic Thiem dominated his first game.
- In quite a while with triumph at the Bastad Open on Tuesday.
- Wrist injury that kept him from safeguarding his U.S. Open title a year ago.
Thiem had not dominated a game since a second round triumph in Rome in May last year and was sidelined for quite a long time.
Subsequent to acclimating his wrist in Mallorca, tumbling to 339 in the rankings.
The 28-year-old, who had likewise entered second-level Challenger competitions in a bid to recover his structure, snapped a 10-match series of failures on the Tour when he beat Finland’s Emil Ruusuvuori 3-6 6-1 7-6(5) at the claycourt occasion in Bastad.
“It’s quite a while. My keep going triumph on the ATP Tour was in Rome in 2021, it seems like an alternate world in some way,” Thiem said in an on-court interview.
“Many, numerous things occurred. It was extreme, yet it was likewise an excellent encounter I think, for life overall and for my tennis. I’m glad to such an extent that I got this first triumph here today.”
Thiem will next play Spanish fourth seed Roberto Bautista Agut, who got a bye into the subsequent round.
