Wimbledon 2016: Dominic Thiem loses to unseeded Jiri Vesely

Unseeded Czech Jiri Vesely won a battle of the tie-breaks to stun eighth seed Dominic Thiem and reach round three with a 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-3) victory at Wimbledon on Thursday.

The young guns, both aged 22, exchanged early breaks of serve in the first set before Thiem squandered three further chances to break in the 11th game and he conceded the set with a loose forehand on his opponent's first set point.

In a close-fought match, the pair successfully varied their games, punctuating long baseline rallies with bouts of serve-and-volley and the occasional dropshot.

But Thiem, the French Open semi-finalist and winner of a grass-court warm-up in Stuttgart, was eventually worn down.

Vesely's serve was the more consistent, allowing him to win his service games more easily and the pressure told on the Austrian, who marginally misdirected a forehand to go two sets down and sent a drive volley wide to lose the match.