The Austrian Dominic Thiem suffered another setback on his comeback. The 28-year-old tennis pro lost at the clay court tournament in Belgrade against the Australian John Millman 3: 6, 6: 3, 4: 6 and was eliminated in the first round.
For Thiem it was the first appearance in an ATP tournament since June 2021. After that, the 2020 US Open champion had to pause for a long time due to a complicated hand injury.
At the end of March, Thiem played his first official match after the long break at the Challenger tournament in Marbella, but clearly lost in two sets to the unknown Argentinian Pedro Cachin. After that, he was thrown back again by a coronavirus infection. Thiem showed some good approaches against Millman, but had to admit defeat after 2:33 hours.