French Open 2021: Dominic Thiem suffers shock defeat in first spherical to World No. 68 Pablo Andujar

Reigning US Open champion Dominic Thiem suffered a shock first-round loss on the French Open on Sunday after main World No. 68 Pablo Andujar of Spain by 2 units. Thiem, a 2-time runner-up at French Open, misplaced the plot and had little or no solutions to an impressed effort from Andujar in a battle that prolonged to 4 hours and 28 minutes.35-year-old Pablo Andujar got here again from 2 units all the way down to win the first-round match 4-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 on the Philippe Chattrier. It was additionally his first win towards a prime 5 opponent. He introduced up his a hundred and fiftieth win on the tour degree.Notably, Andujar’s greatest Grand Slam victory comes every week after he defeated 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer on the Geneva Open whereby he reached the semi-final.”It’s special, don’t know how long I am going to play because I am 35. This win is a real gift. So happy about the result,” Andujar mentioned throughout a court docket aspect interview.VAMOS! He’s accomplished it.@AndujarPablo overcomes a two-set deficit to upset No.4 seed Dominic Thiem 4-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4, handing the two-time finalist his first opening spherical loss in eight journeys to #RolandGarros. pic.twitter.com/i1tsBUNstF— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) May 30, 2021
“A couple of weeks ago, I had another gift when I defeated Roger Federer in Geneva. That win definitely helped me to beat Thiem,” he added.Dominic Thiem, who is likely one of the highly-rated gamers on the pink grime, hasn’t had a superb 12 months on the Grand Slam as he was ousted within the 4th spherical at French Open.It was not a really perfect buildup for Thiem as he suffered early exits in Rome and Lyon. He was crushed within the semi-final by Alexander Zverev in Madrid Masters earlier this month.Grigor Dimitrov retires with harm, Giles Simon oustedMeanwhile, sixteenth seed Grigor Dimitrov’s Roland Garros marketing campaign got here to an early finish as he retired damage after successful the primary two units of his first-round match towards USA’s Giron. He was main 6-2, 6-4, 5-7, 0-3 earlier than retiring.Frenchman Giles Simon was crushed 6-4 6-1 7-6(5) by Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics within the first spherical. Fucsovics will subsequent face Italy’s twenty seventh seed Fabio Fognini, who eased previous Gregoire Barrere 6-4 6-1 6-4.