Tel Aviv Open: Thiem reaches second round

Austrian wildcard Dominic Thiem moved into the second round of the Tel Aviv Open by edging out Serb Laslo Djere 5-7, 7-6 (3), 6-4 at Expo Tel Aviv on Monday evening.

Thiem, now ranked No 173, will play second seed Marin Čilić next.

Tel Aviv ATP 250, other first-round matches (Expo Tel Aviv, USD 1.019.855, most recent results first):

• Adrian Mannarino vs. Constant Lestienne
• Thiago Monteiro vs. Pablo Andujar
• Edan Leshem vs. Yshai Oliel
• Vasek Pospisil vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• Cem Ilkel vs. Sebastian Korda
• J.J. Wolf vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Aslan Karatsev
• Arthur Rinderknech vs. Marius Copil
• Liam Broady vs. Hamad Medjedovic
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. João Sousa
• Roman Safiullin beat Hugo Grenier: 3-6, 6-4, 6-2