ESTORIL, Portugal (AFP) – Dominic Thiem suffered one other first-round exit on the Estoril Open on Tuesday (April 26), dropping in straight units to France’s Benjamin Bonzi as he continues his comeback from an extended damage lay-off.
The Austrian former world quantity three misplaced 6-3, 7-6 (11/9) to the 58th-ranked Bonzi on the clay in Portugal.
Thiem, the 2020 US Open champion, was overwhelmed in the first round of the Serbia Open final week in his first tour-level match in 10 months.
The 28-year-old had been sidelined with a wrist damage suffered in a grass courtroom match in Marbella in June final yr. He has fallen to 93 in the rankings.
