Dominic Thiem

Second seed Janko Tipsarevic reached the Austrian Open quarter-finals Thursday while Tommy Haas made personal history by winning his 500th career match.

Second seed Janko Tipsarevic reached the Austrian Open quarter-finals on Thursday with a 6-3, 6-4 defeat of Ernests Gulbis and tried to put the race for the year-ending ATP World Tour Finals out of his mind.

Australia's Marinko Matosevic knocked the last home player out of the Austrian Open on Thursday, defeating Dominic Thiem 6-3, 7-6 (7/5) to set up a quarter-final meeting with top seed Juan Martin del Potro.

Top seed Juan Martin Del Potro marked his return to tennis after a month-long injury absence on Wednesday with a three-hour victory over German qualifier Daniel Brands to reach the Austrian Open third round.

Austrian tennis legend Thomas Muster wrapped up his tennis career at the age of 44 on Tuesday, losing in straight sets to teenage compatriot Dominic Thiem in an emotional exit at the Austrian Open.

Fighting Finn Jarkko Nieminen needed all his physical reserves to knock out Austria's promising teen Dominic Thiem 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 and advance into the Thailand Open second round on Tuesday.

Drawcards Andy Murray and Gael Monfils arrived in Bangkok from Europe on Monday as the Thailand Open got under way with with two seeded players going down in the opening round.