After his initial defeat in singles, Dominic Thiem also failed in doubles in the first round at the ATP 500 tournament in Rio de Janeiro. The 29-year-old from Lower Austria and his Spanish partner Pedro Martinez lost 3:6, 4:6 to the duo of Francisco Cabral (Portugal) and Horacio Zeballos (Argentina) on Tuesday evening. The day before, Thiem had lost to the Brazilian Thiago Monteiro in singles.
Next week Thiem, currently 96th in the world rankings, will go to the ATP 250 event in Santiago de Chile, after which the former US Open winner will have a wildcard for the Masters 1000 tournament in Indian Wells (from August 8th). . March) sure.
