Lyon Loss Hands Dominic Thiem Fresh Roland Garros Setback

World quantity 4 Dominic Thiem suffered a contemporary setback in his Roland Garros build-up when he was knocked out of the Lyon ATP occasion in his opening match on Thursday.

Top seed Thiem, 27, misplaced to Britain’s Forty ninth-ranked Cameron Norrie 6-3, 6-2 in simply over an hour.

Thiem, a two-time runner-up at Roland Garros, gained only one match on the Italian Open final week, arriving in Rome on the again of a semi-final run at Madrid the place he belatedly began his clay court docket season.

“It was an surprising victory,” said Norrie. “I played well and I could not be happier.”

Norrie will face both French qualifier Arthur Rinderknech or Italian sixth seed Jannik Sinner for a spot within the semi-finals.

Greek second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, the champion on the Monte Carlo Masters, eased into the final eight in opposition to Tommy Paul of the United States 6-1, 6-4.

French primary Gael Monfils, who on Tuesday gained a match for the primary time in 15 months, was knocked out by Japan’s world quantity 60 Yoshihito Nishioka, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/2).