Dominic Thiem suffers shock defeat to Kwon in Adelaide qualifiers

Dominic Thiem entered the Adelaide International event qualifiers in hopes of getting to the main draw but the Australian stumbled against Kwon immediately 4-6 1-6.

Some struggle was probably expected but Thiem found some form later in the year last year so fans expected him to continue improving here. It wasn't the case and he was comfortably beaten by Kwon who will move on. Thiem did not play a very good match but he also left some chances on the table in the opening set.

Thiem was up 3-1 but then suffered a complete collapse as Kwon started to play a bit better. The South Korean won four games from 2-4 down to win the opening set 6-4. The second set was pretty convincing as he cruised 6-1 past a very erratic Thiem who never found a very good rhythm after losing that lead.

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