Thiem closes 14-month sit tight for Tour-level win

• Former world number three Dominic Thiem dominated his first game.
• In quite a while with triumph at the Bastad Open on Tuesday.
• Wrist injury that kept him from safeguarding his U.S. Open title a year ago.

Thiem had not dominated a game since a second round triumph in Rome in May last year and was sidelined for quite a long time.

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Subsequent to acclimating his wrist in Mallorca, tumbling to 339 in the rankings.

The 28-year-old, who had likewise entered second-level Challenger competitions in a bid to recover his structure, snapped a 10-match series of failures on the Tour when he beat Finland’s Emil Ruusuvuori 3-6 6-1 7-6(5) at the claycourt occasion in Bastad.

“It’s quite a while. My keep going triumph on the ATP Tour was in Rome in 2021, it seems like an alternate world in some way,” Thiem said in an on-court interview.

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“Many, numerous things occurred. It was extreme, yet it was likewise an excellent encounter I think, for life overall and for my tennis. I’m glad to such an extent that I got this first triumph here today.”

Thiem will next play Spanish fourth seed Roberto Bautista Agut, who got a bye into the subsequent round.