The 28-year-old lost his first round match at the Masters tournament in Rome against Italian Fabio Fognini 4: 6 and 6: 7 (5: 7). The 2020 US Open champion had previously lost his opening encounters at the tournaments in Belgrade, Estoril and Madrid.
Thiem had had to take a long break since June 2021 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 lost in two sets to the unknown Argentinian Pedro Cachin. Then he was slowed down again by a coronavirus infection.
Source: dpa