Delbonis wins; Thiem exits Gstaad
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Gstaad, Switzerland (SportsNetwork.com) - Fifth seed Federico Delbonis moved on, while eighth-seeded Dominic Thiem came up a first-round loser Monday at the Swiss Open tennis event.
The Argentine Delbonis drubbed German Dustin Brown 6-3, 6-3, while Serbian wild card Viktor Troicki upended the promising 20-year-old Austrian Thiem 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 on the red clay at Roy Emerson Arena.
Also on a rain-interrupted Day 1, Kazakhstan's Andrey Golubev overcame Spanish qualifier Inigo Cervantes 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4), Argentine Juan Monaco topped 2008 champion Victor Hanescu of Romania 6-4, 7-5 and Spaniard Daniel Gimeno- Traver was tied with Swiss wild card Yann Marti 7-5, 6-7 (7-9), 5-5 when play was suspended because of darkness.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}This week's top seed is Russian veteran and reigning champion Mikhail Youzhny, who beat Dutchman Robin Haase in last year's Gstaad finale.
The 2014 Swiss Open champion will earn $105,000.