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Paris - Dominic Thiem underlined his burgeoning reputation by dismantling Australia's Bernard Tomic in straight sets in the opening round of the French Open on Sunday.
The Austrian, seen as an outside contender for the title after reaching last year's semi-finals at Roland Garros, powered past Tomic 6-4, 6-0, 6-2 in just 80 minutes.
"It was very hot out there, so I'm happy that I won in three sets," said 23-year-old Thiem.
"It was a tough opponent and a close first set, I guess. I was also a little bit nervous before the match, I have to say, and because of these circumstances I'm happy with my performance."
Sixth-seeded Thiem is the only player to defeat nine-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal on clay this season and will play Italian qualifier Simone Bolelli or Frenchman Nicolas Mahut in round two.
Tomic succumbed to a fifth first-round exit in eight appearances in Paris and rued a nightmare draw.
"After Rafa (Nadal), he's playing the best tennis this year on clay. And for everybody, I think he's a top three player on clay now. And he's not a player you want in the first round," said Tomic.
"He's been playing well, and really no chance today. He killed me from the start.
"I think game-wise on clay he's at a different level to me for sure."
French Open results on Sunday, the first day of the 2017 tournament at Roland Garros (x denotes seeding):
Men
1st rd
Marco Trungelliti (ARG) bt Quentin Halys (FRA) 3-6, 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (7/2), 6-4, 6-4
Guillermo Garca-Lpez (ESP) bt Gilles Muller (LUX x26) 7-6 (7/4), 6-7 (2/7), 6-2, 6-2
Pablo Carreo-Busta (ESP x20) bt Florian Mayer (GER) 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
Taro Daniel (JPN) bt Jerzy Janowicz (POL) 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
Tommy Robredo (ESP) bt Daniel Evans (GBR) 5-7, 6-4, 6-3, 6-1
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL x11) bt Stphane Robert (FRA) 6-2, 6-3, 6-4
Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) bt Tennys Sandgren (USA) 6-2, 6-1, 6-4
Robin Haase (NED) bt Alex De Minaur (AUS) 6-2, 6-3, 6-1
Dominic Thiem (AUT x6) bt Bernard Tomic (AUS) 6-4, 6-0, 6-2
Ivo Karlovic (CRO x23) bt Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 7-6 (7/5), 7-5, 6-4
Horacio Zeballos (ARG) bt Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 7-5, 6-3, 6-4
Lucas Pouille (FRA x16) bt Julien Benneteau (FRA) 7-6 (8/6), 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
Thomaz Belluci (BRA) bt Dusan Lajovic (SRB) 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-4
Benjamin Bonzi (FRA) bt Daniil Medvedev (RUS) 5-7, 6-4, 6-1, 3-1 -- retired
Albert Ramos (ESP x19) bt Marius Copil (ROM) 6-7 (7/9), 6-1, 6-4, 6-2
Women
1st rd
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) bt Angelique Kerber (GER x1) 6-2, 6-2
Lesya Tsurenko (UKR) bt Kateryna Kozlova (UKR) 6-4, 6-0
Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) bt Louisa Chirico (USA) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
Mnica Puig (PUR) bt Roberta Vinci (ITA x31) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) bt Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) 7-5, 6-2
Petra Kvitova (CZE x15) bt Julia Boserup (USA) 6-3, 6-2
Ocane Dodin (FRA) bt Camila Giorgi (ITA) 6-2, 6-3
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS x8) bt Christina McHale (USA) 7-5, 6-4
agla Bykakay (TUR) bt Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO x22) 6-3, 6-3
Shelby Rogers (USA) bt Marina Erakovic (NZL) 7-6 (7/4), 6-4
Venus Williams (USA x10) bt Qiang Wang (CHN) 6-4, 7-6 (7/3)
Kurumi Nara (JPN) bt Amanda Anisimova (USA) 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
Timea Bacsinszky (SUI x30) bt Sara Sorribes (ESP) 6-1, 6-2
Madison Brengle (USA) bt Julia Goerges (GER) 1-6, 6-3, 13-11
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK x6) bt Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) 6-2, 6-1
Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) bt Viktorija Golubic (SUI) 4-6, 7-5, 6-3
