Dominic Thiem was knocked out in the opening round of the tournament again as the 2020 US Open champion was beaten by Christian Garin at the ATP in Santiago, Chile.
Dominic Thiem beat Christian Garin at the ATP Santiago
The Austrian (29 years old) lost in two sets to the representative of the hosts with a score of 6-2, 7-6(2).
Garin (100 ATP, winner of the event in 2021) will face Argentina’s Sebastian Baez (35 ATP / favorite 3) in the next round.
Tim is currently ranked 99th in the ATP rankings, and in 2020 was ranked 3rd in the world.
This season, Dominic won just one match (against Alex Molkan in Buenos Aires), losing six.
Andriy Rublyov, Borna Gojo, Borna Coric, Juan Pablo Varillas, Thiago Monteiro and Christian Garin beat Tim this year.
Tim has the most wins in the 2016 season (58 successes), and the most won tournaments in 2019 (Vienna, Beijing, Kitzbühel, Barcelona, Indian Wells).
During his career, Dominic Thiem won 17 ATP titles with 328 wins and 188 losses. He collected $29,384,966 from tennis prizes alone.
The Movistar Chile Open (Santiago) takes place from February 27 to March 5 on clay, is part of the ATP 250 category and has a total prize fund of $642,735. The untitled champion and main favorite is Pedro Martinez (2022).
Source: Hot News
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