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The three-time Grand Slam winner is still coming back from a
foot injury that required multiple surgeries. He saved all three
break points he faced against Ruud, went 2-for-2 in break points
converted and held a 9-5 edge in aces.
Spanish fifth seed Pablo Carreno Busta defeated Argentina's
Sebastian Baez 6-2, 6-1, and sixth seed and fellow Spaniard
Roberto Bautista Agut took down Serbian qualifier Laslo Djere
6-4, 6-1.
Andy Murray of Great Britain got past Russian qualifier Roman
Safiullin 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4. Other winners included Miomir
Kecmanovic of Serbia, Alex Molcan of Slovakia, Botic van de
Zandschulp of the Netherlands and Swiss wild card Dominic
Stricker.
Erste Bank Open
On home soil, Dominic Thiem saved two match points and battled
back to beat Tommy Paul 2-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (6) in the first round
in Vienna, Austria.
In the second round, Thiem could face No. 1 seed Daniil Medvedev
of Russia, who still must play Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia
in an opening-round match.
Fifth seed Hubert Hurkacz of Poland pushed past Frances Tiafoe
7-6 (9), 3-6, 6-3. In addition to smashing 28 total aces,
Hurkacz rallied from a 5-1 deficit in the first-set tiebreaker
and saved two set points before steamrolling ahead.
British seventh seed Cameron Norrie came back to beat Argentine
lucky loser Pedro Cachin 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (1). Grigor Dimitrov of
Bulgaria, Daniel Evans of Great Britain, Emil Ruusuvuori of
Finland and Denis Shapovalov of Canada also won their matches.
--Field Level Media
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