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Thiem won 85.7 percent of his first serves and
saved all four break points against Edmund in 84 minutes of
work.
"It was not easy in the beginning," Thiem said. "First match on
the center court and I was mainly practicing outside, so it is a
different feeling. "I had some crucial moments in the first set
when I saved the break points and then I released a little bit
and it got better and better."
Up next for Thiem is fourth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas. Thiem is
5-3 head-to-head lifetime against the Greek.
"I am looking forward to that one a lot," Thiem said. "I like
him a lot. He is an unbelievable player, I like watching his
matches. He is very elegant. We've had some great matchups."
In other action Thursday, Dusan Lajovic was a straight-sets
winner over Jason Kubler, 6-3, 6-3.
Brit Andy Murray fell to Italian qualifier Andrea Vavassori 6-2,
7-6 (7), the latter's first ATP Masters 1000 victory.
"It is a dream come true," Vavassori said. "To play at a
tournament like this, in a court like this against a true
champion like him. He is a hero for everybody on the tour. I
think until the second half of the second set, I played the best
tennis of my life. Then the nerves came in, but at the end, just
joy."
Tomas Martin Etcheverry was one of two Argentines to advance.
Etcheverry dispatched Frenchman Adrian Mannarino 6-4, 6-0, while
Pedro Cachin defeated Jordanian wild card Abdullah Shelbayh 6-1,
6-4.
Marco Cecchinato of Italy took down Hungary's Marton Fucsovics
7-6 (4), 6-3.
Cristian Garin of Chile was a straight-sets winner over
Marc-Andrea Huesler and Marcos Giron beat Portugal's Nuno Borges
6-2, 7-6 (7) to advance.
Christopher O'Connell of Australia outlasted Filip Krajinovic of
Serbia 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-2 in two hours, 19 minutes.
Russians Roman Safiullin and Alexander Shevchenko both advanced.
Lucky loser Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany downed Lorenzo Sonego
of Italy 6-3, 6-1.
Qualifier Yosuke Watanuki of Japan was a 6-3, 6-3 winner over
France's Corentin Moutet.
Zhizhen Zhang of China defeated qualifier Jurij Rodionev of
Austria 7-6 (6), 6-4. The win was Zhang's first ATP 1000
victory.
Bernabe Zapata Miralles of Spain outlasted Mackenzie McDonald
3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4) and Russian qualifier Aslan Karatsev was a
straight-sets winner over Laslo Djere of Serbia.
--Field Level Media
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