It was a case of first day, first blow for fourth seed Dominic Thiem. The Austrian and reigning US Open champion and a two-time finalist here blew a two-set lead and was stunned by Spanish veteran Pablo Andujar on Sunday. The 35-year-old Andujar, who had knocked out sentimental favourite Roger Federer at home in Geneva two weeks ago, staged a great comeback to defeat the two-time Roland Garros runner-up 4-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 after almost four-and-a-half hours on Court Philippe Chatrier.
It is Thiem’s first opening-round exit at Roland Garros and the first time he has failed to reach at least the last eight stage of the tournament since 2015. It was quite a stormy start to proceedings in the year’s second Grand Slam. Naomi Osaka’s racket did the talking earlier on the same court. The sun was shining and her serve sparkled.
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