The eighth racket of the world, Austrian tennis player Dominic Thiem, defeated Frenchman Gilles Simon in the third round of the tournament in Indian Wells – 6/3, 6/1.
For 1 hour and 7 minutes of the match, Dominic made two aces and five breaks, never making a mistake when serving. Whereas Gilles realized one break point, making two double faults.
Through personal meetings of opponents was 9: 2 in favor of the Austrian. In the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open, Thiem will play with Croatian Ivo Karlovic.