After the first round defeat in singles, Dominic Thiem is already in the first round of the doubles competition of the ATP tournament in Rio de Janeiro.
The Lower Austrian, who started together with the 25-year-old Spaniard Pedro Martinez, lost 3: 6, 4: 6 to the number four seeded duo Francisco Cabral/Horacio Zeballos (POR/ARG) on Tuesday.
A day earlier, Thiem had to give up in the individual competition. There was a narrow defeat against local hero Thiago Monteiro. 1: 6, 6: 3, 6: 7 (2), the former number three in the world ultimately had to admit defeat.
