Top seed Thiem advances to Rio Open quarters, Lajovic out

Top-seeded Dominic Thiem of Austria vanced to quarterfinals of Rio Open with a hard-fought victory over Spain’s Jaume Munar. runner-up in Australian Open, Thiem best Munar 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4 in a match that took 2 hours, 41 minutes and ended early Friday.

Thiem clinched win by breaking serve of a tireless Munar in last game. In next round, he will face Italy’s Gianluca Mr.

“I didn’t play my best tennis, but it was eugh,” Austrian said.

He looked recovered from a left knee injury he picked on Wednesday after accidentally hitting one of doors of tennis court build in Rio’s hypodrome.

Earlier, Mr topped Portugal’s João Domingues 6-3, 7-6 (5).

Second-seeded Dusan Lajovic of Serbia was eliminated by Lorenzo Sonego. Italian won 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) and will play fifth-seeded Borna Coric of Croatia in quarterfinals.

Coric beat home favorite Thiago Seyboth Wild 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (5).

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