Top seed Thiem suffers early exit in Antalya


  • Tennis
  • Wednesday, 28 Jun 2017

Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France, June 7, 2017. Austria's Dominic Thiem celebrates after winning his quarter final match against Serbia's Novak Djokovic. Reuters/ Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo

(Reuters) - Dominic Thiem's Wimbledon preparations were hit as he suffered a shock 6-3 6-2 defeat to India's Ramkumar Ramanathan in the second round at the Antalya Open on Tuesday.

Thiem, who reached the French Open semi-finals earlier this month, was beaten in just under an hour by Ramanathan, the world number 222, who hit 10 aces to the Austrian's four.

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