Austria’s Dominic Thiem (106 ATP) missed the round of 16 at the Monte Carlo tournament after losing to Holger Rune 6-2, 6-4.

Dominic Thiem beat Holger Roon at ATP Monte Carlo

After reaching the second round after his first win over Richard Gasquet in nearly two years, the former US Open 2020 winner failed to advance to the next round.

One hour and 36 minutes later, Patrik Muratoglu’s pupil easily won after several mistakes by the Austrian.

The sixth favorite of the tournament Holger Rune (9 ATP) will meet the winner between the Italian Matteo Berrettini (22 ATP) and the Argentine Francisco Cerundolo (33 ATP) in the 1/8 finals.

The Monte Carlo tournament will take place from April 9 to 16 on clay, with a total prize pool of €5,779,335. The champion of the last two events is Stefanos Tsitsipas, while Rafael Nadal is the authoritative leader in terms of trophies won: 11.