Dominic Thiem beats Kyle Edmund, sets up clash with Stefanos Tsitsipas

MADRID: Continuing with his impressive record at the Madrid Open, Dominic Thiem moved past Briton Kyle Edmund 6-4, 6-1 to set up a second-round clash against Stefanos Tsitsipas, here on Thursday.

The former World No. 3 has reached at least the semifinals in four of his past five appearances in the Spanish capital and he looked in control throughout his first-round clash against Edmund.

The Austrian won 86 per cent (24/28) of his first-serve points and remained strong under pressure, saving all four break points he faced to advance after 84 minutes and improve to 2-0 in his ATP head-to-head series against the 28-year-old Edmund.

In other first round matches, Andrea Vavassori beat Andy Murray 6-2, 7-6, Roman Safiullin beat Nicolás Jarry 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Adrian Mannarino 6-4, 6-0, Zhang Zhizhen beat Jurij Rodionov 7-6, 6-4, Yosuke Watanuki beat Corentin Moutet 6-3, 6-3, Cristian Garín beat Marc-Andrea Huesler 7-6, 6-2, Pedro Cachin beat Abedallah Shelbayh 6-1, 6-4, Jan-Lennard Struff beat Lorenzo Sonego 6-3, 6-1, Marcos Giron beat Nuno Borges 6-2, 7-6, Marco Cecchinato beat Márton Fucsovics 7-6, 6-3. Agencies

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