Thiem continues resurgence, beats Gaston to reach Gstaad second round

Dominic Thiem advanced to the second round of the Swiss Open by edging out Frenchman Hugo Gaston, the No 7 seed, 1-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7) at the Roy Emerson Arena in Gstaad on Tuesday.

The former US Open champion is en route back to full fitness following a nine-month absence and then four months in which he did not record a win.

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Thiem, ranked No 274, will play Argentinian Federico Delbonis next.

Gstaad ATP 250, other first-round results (Roy Emerson Arena, clay, EUR 597.900, most recent results first):

• Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Dominic Stricker
• Nicolas Jarry vs. Thiago Monteiro: tuesday
• Yannick Hanfmann (Q) beat Cristian Garin (6): 6-3, 6-4
• Elias Ymer (Q) beat Benoit Paire: 6-2, 2-0 ret.
• Juan Pablo Varillas (Q) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Richard Gasquet beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 7-5, 6-4
• Jaume Munar beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
• Alexander Ritschard (WC) beat João Sousa (8): 6-3, 6-3
• Jiri Lehecka beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 6-1, 6-3
• Federico Delbonis beat Mikael Ymer: 6-4, 7-5
• Pedro Martinez (5) beat Carlos Taberner: 6-4, 6-3

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