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Thiem, the former world No. 3 player, is
hunting for his first title since that grand slam breakthrough
in 2020 and a subsequent wrist injury. Against Shelton, he won a
whopping 19 of 22 first-service points (86.4 percent) and
converted five of nine break-point opportunities.
The No. 2 and 4 seeds also fell in Portugal. Spain's Bernabe
Zapata Miralles outlasted second-seeded Hubert Hurkacz of Poland
6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-2, while Frenchman Quentin Halys eked past
fourth-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain 7-6 (5), 7-5.
No. 6 seed Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia swept past Austrian Jurij
Rodionov 6-0, 6-1 in a hair less than 64 minutes.
Grand Prix Hassan II
No. 1 seed Lorenzo Musetti of Italy took care of France's Hugo
Gaston 6-2, 6-3 to ease into the quarterfinals in Marrakech,
Morocco.
Second-seeded Daniel Evans of Great Britain was also successful
in beating Australia's Alexei Popyrin 6-1, 6-3, but third-seeded
Botic van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands suffered a 6-7 (8),
6-4, 6-0 defeat at the hands of Australia's Christopher
O'Connell.
Dutch fourth seed Tallon Griekspoor rallied past Swedish
qualifier Elias Ymer 1-6, 6-3, 6-4. Other winners included
France's Alexandre Muller, Italian qualifier Andrea Vavassori,
Spain's Roberto Carballes Baena and Russia's Pavel Kotov.
U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship
Fifth seed J.J. Wolf and Denis Kudla of the U.S. were tied 4-4
in the first set of their second-round match when rain caused a
delay in Houston. Play never resumed, and no matches were
completed Thursday.
No. 4 seed John Isner of the U.S. had also begun his
second-round match against Gijs Brouwer of the Netherlands
before the delay, and the first-round match featuring
Australia's Max Purcell and Germany's Daniel Altmaier was halted
in the third set.
--Field Level Media
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