They joined second seed Pablo Carreno Busta, as well as Tomas Berdych, Albert Ramos-Vinolas and Filip Krajinovic -- numbers three, four and six respectively -- who all fell at the first hurdle. Thiem, the number one seed, won his second round match against Slovenia's Aljaz Bedene 7-5, 6-4, but said the contest was tougher than the scoreline suggested. "It was a tough match, but I expected it and had two tough matches which I both won in straight sets." The Austrian was set to meet Gasquet in the last eight but the Frenchman was beaten 6-3, 6-4 by Greek qualifier and teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas. World number 138 and wildcard Mirza Basic provided another shock by beating Lopez with a straight sets victory 6-4, 7-6 (7/2).

Source: The Nation Bangkok January 03, 2018 20:48 UTC