Swiss Open: Thiem ousted in third set tiebreak by Varillas

Peruvian qualifier Juan Pablo Varillas reached the second round of the Swiss Open by edging out Austrian Dominic Thiem 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (4) at the Roy Emerson Arena in Gstaad on Monday.

Varillas, ranked No 162, will play Italian Fabio Fognini, the No 7 seed, next.

Thiem, who will be retiring at the end of this season, is looking for his first ATP level win since early April.

Gstaad ATP 250, other first-round matches (Roy Emerson Arena, clay, EUR 579,320):

• Daniel Elahi Galan beat Vit Kopriva: 6-3, 6-2
• Fabio Fognini beat Titouan Droguet (Q): 6-4, 6-3
• Jan-Lennard Struff (5) beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4)
• Leandro Riedi (WC) beat Gregoire Barrere: 7-6 (2), 7-5
• Stan Wawrinka vs. Lukas Klein
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Dominic Stricker
• Pedro Cachin vs. Matteo Berrettini
• Gustavo Heide vs. Stefano Napolitano
• Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Hamad Medjedovic
• Quentin Halys vs. Richard Gasquet