Wawrinka ousted by young pretender Thiem in Madrid

Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland shakes hands with Dominic Thiem of Austria after he was defeated at the end of their match at the Madrid Open tennis tournament May 6, 2014. REUTER/Susana Vera

MADRID (Reuters) - Australian Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka crashed to a shock second-round defeat at the Madrid Open on Tuesday when he was upset 1-6 6-2 6-4 by qualifier Dominic Thiem.

Third-seeded Swiss Wawrinka, who followed up his title in Melbourne with victory at last month's Monte Carlo Masters, started strongly against the 70th-ranked Austrian, who at 20 years and eight months is the youngest player in the top 100.