PARIS: Two-time French Open finalist Dominic Thiem was Pumped out to the Launching day of This Championship on Sunday.
Pablo Andujar came out of divert a two-set shortage to upset that the Presidential No.
4 seed 4-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.
It had been Thiem’s initial loss at the opening round of the French Open.
Andujar, rated 68 from the entire world, fought back from 2 sets down and it brought him the 150th tour-level match-win of his own livelihood.
He had conquered Roger Federer en route to the Geneva semi-finals fourteen days back.
India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin hailed Andujar’s campaign which resulted in an upset on the opening day of the French Open.
“What an attempt that has been from Pablo Andujar to conquer Dominic Thiem at a 5 setter later being down 2 sets.
He beat Roger Federer at the lead up with the particular French open also.
Great first day in the #RolandGarros,” Ashwin tweeted.
Earlier in the afternoon, world number two Naomi Osaka got off to a flying start at the French Open because she conquered Patricia Maria Tig 6-4, 7-6(4) on the launching afternoon.
With the triumph, the Western tennis superstar too extended her winning streak in the Grand Slams into 15 games in a row.
Osaka booked her place in the next round by beating Tig at a tight second place finish the match that lasted for a hour 47 minutes.
She’ll finally lock horns with the following famous, Ana Bogdan, that pumped out German baseball player Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-1, 6-3.
