BMW Open: Thiem makes second round after Lestienne retirement
Dominic Thiem benefited from the abandonment of Constant Lestienne (6-3, 0-0) on Tuesday and will face Swiss Marc-Andrea Huesler, the No 8 seed, in the next round
Dominic Thiem at the Rolex Monte Carlo Masters (Antoine Couvercelle/Panoramic)
Austrian Dominic Thiem advanced to the second round of the BMW Open when Frenchman Constant Lestienne retired on Tuesday at the MTTC Iphitos complex in Munich.
Thiem, ranked No 101, led 6-3, 0-0 when Lestienne, ranked No 60, pulled out on Tuesday at the MTTC Iphitos complex in Munich.
The Austrian will play Swiss Marc-Andrea Huesler, the No 8 seed, next.
Munich ATP250, other first-round results (MTTC Iphitos complex, clay, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):
- Aslan Karatsev vs. Daniel Altmaier
- Cristian Garin vs. Marko Topo
- Alexander Ritschard (Q) beat Jan-Lennard Struff: 7-5, 7-5
- Christopher O’Connell beat Ugo Humbert: 6-4, 6-4
- Quentin Halys vs. Lorenzo Sonego: tuesday
- Marc-Andrea Huesler beat Kyle Edmund: 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-3
- Marton Fucsovics beat Max Hans Rehberg (WC): 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-3
- Oscar Otte beat Sebastian Baez (5): 6-3, 7-5
- Yannick Hanfmann (WC) beat Thiago Monteiro: 6-7 (3), 7-6 (5), 6-2
- Flavio Cobolli (Q) beat Jordan Thompson: 7-5, 6-1
- Marcos Giron beat Roberto Carballes Baena (7): 6-1, 5-7, 6-2
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