Monte-Carlo: First Masters 1000 match win since 2021 for terrific Thiem, through to second round
Dominic Thiem won against Richard Gasquet 6-1, 6-4 on Monday and will play No 6 seed Holger Rune in the next round
Dominic Thiem (Norbert Scanella/Panoramic)
Austrian wildcard Dominic Thiem advanced to the second round of the Monte-Carlo Masters by beating Frenchman Richard Gasquet 6-1, 6-4 at Monte-Carlo Country Club on Monday.
It was his first win at a Masters 1000 event since beating Marton Fucsovics in Rome back in 2021 – a five-match losing streak, as he suffered an injury to his right wrist one month later.
Thiem, ranked No 111, will face No 6 seed Holger Rune next.
Monte-Carlo Masters, other first-round results (Monte-Carlo Country Club, clay, EUR 5.779.335, most recent results first):
- Daniel Evans vs. Ilya Ivashka
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Karen Khachanov
- Valentin Vacherot vs. Luca Nardi
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
- Ben Shelton vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Alexander Bublik vs. Alexander Zverev
- Ugo Humbert vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Filip Krajinovic: monday
- Alex De Minaur (14) beat Andy Murray: 6-1, 6-3
- Diego Schwartzman beat David Goffin: 6-4, 6-2
- Ivan Gakhov (Q) beat Mackenzie McDonald: 7-6 (6), 2-6, 6-3
- Matteo Berrettini beat Maxime Cressy: 6-4, 6-2
- Jan-Lennard Struff (Q) beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 6-4, 6-3
- Alexei Popyrin (Q) beat Dusan Lajovic (LL): 7-6 (1), 6-3
- Jack Draper beat Sebastian Baez: 6-3, 7-5
- Benjamin Bonzi beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 6-1, 7-5
- Stan Wawrinka (WC) beat Tallon Griekspoor: 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
- Botic van de Zandschulp beat Marton Fucsovics (Q): 3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-1
- Francisco Cerundolo beat Cameron Norrie (11): 6-3, 6-4
- Hubert Hurkacz (10) beat Laslo Djere: 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5)
- Jaume Munar beat Marc-Andrea Huesler: 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-4
- Nicolas Jarry beat Borna Coric (15): 6-2, 6-3
