Dominic Thiemformer world number 3 and 2020 US Open champion, He still didn’t raise his head.
The 29-year-old Austrian lost to Christian Garin on Tuesday in the first round of the Santiago de Chile Open, his third straight tournament on clay. Garin won 6-2, 7-6 (2) to advance to the round of 16 and face Sebastián Báez.
Thiem dropped down the rankings to 99th place after picking up one singles win this year, against Alex Molcan at the Argentina Open in early February, and since then he has lost all three of his matches in Buenos Aires, the Rio Open and against local favorite Garin in Chile.
Also on Tuesday Thiago Monteiro defeated Albert Ramos, fifth seed, 7-5, 4-6 and 7-5, and will face Marco Cecchinato, who previously defeated Facundo Bagnis 6-2, 3-6 and 7-6 (3). Lorenzo Musetti, the first seed, will play his first game of the tournament on Wednesday.
Source: La Verdad
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