By Chris Oddo | Friday March 22, 2019
Goodbye sunshine, hello clay.
BNP Paribas Open Dominic Thiem fell at the first hurdle in Miami on Friday as he was knocked off by Rising Pole Hubert Hurkacz, 6-4 6-4.
Hurkacz earns his third Top 10 win of 2019 (and first Top 5 win of his career) and advances to the third round where he will face another rising force, Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime.
The Canadian, who reached the round of 16 at the BNP Paribas after earning his first Top 10 win over Stefanos Tsitsipas, defeated Marton Fucsovics on Friday, 6-4 4-6 6-0.
Thiem was broken four times and only managed to win four points against Hurkacz’ first serve.