Indian Wells (USA) – Guest of the Indian Wells Masters 1000 dispute and champion of the tournament in 2019, Dominic Thiem did not go beyond the opening round of the competition in 2022. The Austrian was beaten this Thursday by the Frenchman Adrian Mannarino by 4/6, 6/4 and 7/6 (7-5) at 2h44 from departure.

It was the fourth straight defeat for Thiem, who had been knocked out in the second round in Buenos Aires and in openers in Rio de Janeiro and Santiago in recent weeks. Former world number 3, the 29-year-old player only appears in 102nd place in the rankings and has won only one match this season.

And Thiem can’t complain about the chances, as he led the second set 4-1 and also led the deciding tie-break 5-3. Executioner of the Austrian in Indian Wells, Mannarino is 34 years old and occupies the 68th place of the classification. He now faces the Italian Lorenzo Musetti.

California dream ☀️@AdrianMannarino rallies from a set and 1-4 down to oust 2019. champion Thiem 4-6 6-4 7-6 to reach Indian Wells’ R2!#Indian Property pic.twitter.com/iffg4HRUz9

—TennisTV (@TennisTV) March 10, 2023

Another experienced Frenchman to win, Richard Gasquet, who defeated Croatian Borna Gojo 6/4, 6/7 (5-7) 6/2. In the second round, the 36-year-old player and 43rd in the ranking will have an unprecedented confrontation against the Italian Jannik Sinner, only 21 years old and world number 13.

Alex de Minaur’s first opponent is also defined. Recently champion in Acapulco and seeded 16 in Indian Wells, the Australian will face the Hungarian Marton Fucsovics, who beat the American JJ Wolf by 1/6, 6/0 and 6/3. Already the Croatian Borna Coric faces the Slovak Alex Molcan, who scored 6/3 and 6/2 against the Spaniard Albert Ramos.

Also this Thursday, the Spaniard Pedro Martinez beat the Swiss Marc-Andrea Huesler by 7/6 (7-4), 3/6 and 6/4 to confirm the duel with the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, head 8. Already Quali’s Australian Rinky Hijikata beat Sweden’s Mikael Ymer by 6/4 and 7/5 and will face 30th seeded Argentine Sebastian Baez.