ATP wrap: Dominic Thiem impresses in Hamburg but Germans crashing out
Dominic Thiem made a winning start in Hamburg, but Philipp Kohlscheiber was a big-name casualty.
Austrian Thiem, the French Open runner-up – one of his four ATP Tour finals this year – enjoyed a positive return to his favoured surface of clay, easily besting Corentin Moutet 6-4 6-2.
He’ll now face Australian John Millman in the next round, who beat Jan-Lennard Struff 7-5 6-3.
Thumbs up! Next round for @ThiemDomi #GOTC18 #Rothenbaum #Hamburg #ATP pic.twitter.com/IrHBO6cpHV
— German Open (@Am_Rothenbaum) July 24, 2018
However, Philipp Kohlscchreiber is out after he was upset 7-5 1-6 6-4 by Nikoloz Basilashvili.
Basilashvili will now face 2016 finalist Pablo Cuevas for a place in the quarter-finals.
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