Monteiro Upsets Tsonga In Rio

Wild card Thiago Monteiro made his ATP World Tour debut in front of his home crowd in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, and what a debut it was. The 21 year old, No. 338 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, knocked off third seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in just over two hours on Quadra Guga Kuerten to advance to the second round.

The Rio de Janeiro resident, who reached an ATP Challenger Tour semi-final in the city last month, landed 67 per cent of first serves and scored the only break of serve in the deciding set to eliminate Tsonga, who was coming off a quarter-final appearance in Buenos Aires last week.

Other players in action on Wednesday include Buenos Aires titlist Dominic Thiem, defending champion David Ferrer and No. 7 seed Fabio Fognini.