⁍ Dominic Thiem beat Marin Cilic 6-4 6-3 6-3 in the first round of the French Open.
⁍ It was Thiem’s first match since winning the U.S. Open 15 days ago.
⁍ The 27-year-old showed no sign of any hangover in his first match since that five-set epic.
– US Open champion Dominic Thiem moved into the French Open second round with a 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 victory over Marin Cilic on Monday. The third-seeded Austrian, who beat Alexander Zverev in the final, was playing his first Grand Slam event since his five-set win over the German. Cilic, the 2014 US Open champion, is ranked 40th and unseeded at a Grand Slam for the first time since the 2014 Australian Open. Read on for more:
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tennis-frenchopen-thiem/no-us-hangover-for-thiem-as-he-dispatches-cilic-idUSKBN26J21V