Thiem beats Cuevas to reach 2nd round in Hamburg
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HAMBURG, Germany (AP) French Open finalist Dominic Thiem beat Pablo Cuevas 6-3, 7-6 (3) Tuesday to reach the second round of the Hamburg European Open.
The top-seeded Thiem broke Cuevas in the Uruguayan's first service game of each set, but struggled to press his advantage before closing out the match in 1 hour 42 minutes.
It was Thiem's 250th career tour-level win and set up a second-round meeting with Hungary's Marton Fucsovics.
Also, fourth-seeded Nikoloz Basilashvili beat qualifier Hugo Dellien 6-4, 6-3 in just over an hour, and will next face Juan Ignacio Londero.
Seventh-seeded Jan-Lennard Struff had 10 aces as he eased past Thiago Monteiro 6-1, 6-3.
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