World number four Dominic Thiem suffered a fresh setback in his Roland Garros build-up when he was knocked out of the Lyon ATP event in his opening match yesterday.
Top seed Thiem, 27, lost to Britain’s 49th-ranked Cameron Norrie 6-3, 6-2 in just over an hour.
Thiem, a two-time runner-up at Roland Garros, won just one match at the Italian Open last week, arriving in Rome on the back of a semi-final run at Madrid where he belatedly started his clay court season.
“It was an unexpected victory,” said Norrie.
“I’m so pleased to win today, it’s the biggest win of my career and my highest-ranked win,” Norrie said in an on-court interview.
“It’s such a beautiful day in Lyon… I couldn’t be happier to get the win today and to get another match on the clay before Roland Garros.”
Norrie will face either French qualifier Arthur Rinderknech or Italian sixth seed Jannik Sinner for a place in the semi-finals.
“I’m moving well and I’ve played a lot of matches (on clay),” Norrie said.
“I’m feeling good on my feet and hitting my forehand well and serving well. I’m looking forward to the next match, it’s going to be a tricky one as both those guys are great players.”
Greek second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, the champion at the Monte Carlo Masters, eased into the last eight against Tommy Paul of the United States 6-1, 6-4.
French number one Gael Monfils, who on Tuesday won a match for the first time in 15 months, was knocked out by Japan’s world number 60 Yoshihito Nishioka, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/2). Nishioka’s reward is a clash with Tsitsipas today.
Earlier Richard Gasquet earned his first Top 10 win since Montreal in 2019 when he battled past World No. 10 Diego Schwartzman 6-3, 7-5 to reach the quarter-finals of the Open Parc Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Lyon.
“Diego is one of the best players, of course he’s Top 10 in the world, so it’s a great performance for me. I played really well. I had nothing to lose. It was a very tough match, but I know him, I tried to play my best level,” Gasquet said. “Of course I tried to play offensive… I’m very happy.”
The 34-year-old, who won one of his 15 ATP Tour titles in Lyon in 2006 on indoor carpet, is pursuing his first trophy since ‘s-Hertogenbosch in 2018. He will challenge big-hitting eighth seed Karen Khachanov for a place in the semi-finals.
For a moment, it appeared Gasquet might stumble. The former World No. 7 let slip two match points as he served for the match at 5-4 in the second set. But he immediately broke again in the next game – his fifth service break of the match – and closed out his victory after one hour and 36 minutes.
Gasquet now leads Schwartzman 4-1 in their ATP Head2Head series. Before this clash, Schwartzman had won 13 consecutive sets against Frenchmen dating back to his most recent loss against Gasquet in Cincinnati in 2019.

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