Updates: Thiem Storms Through 6-0 Opening Set Against Nadal

Dominic Thiem has come out swinging in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Tuesday evening, taking the first set from three-time US Open champion Rafael Nadal 6-0.

It is the first time the World No. 1 has lost a 6-0 set since last year’s Miami Open presented by Itau, where Nadal came back to defeat Philipp Kohlschreiber in three sets. The only previous time the Spaniard was bageled in Flushing Meadows as in 2004, when he lost in straight sets against Andy Roddick in the second round.

All 10 of the pair’s previous FedEx ATP Head2Head meetings (Nadal leads 7-3) have come on clay.