Top seed Thiem advances at Rio Open, Ruud knocked out

Dominic Thiem won his first match since losing to vak Djokovic in Australian Open final, vancing to second round of Rio Open on Tuesday.

top-seeded Thiem outlasted Brazilian Felipe Meligeni Alves for a 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 victory. It looked as Thiem experienced some discomfort in his left knee during second set, but Austrian mand to recover as soon as third set began.

Second-seeded Dusan Lajovic of Serbia also won on Tuesday, defeating Italy's Marco Cecchinato 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-1.

. 8 seed Casper Ruud of rway, who won Argentinian Open on Sunday, was eliminated. 21-year-old Ruud lost 7-6 (4), 7-5 to Italian Gianluca Mr.

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