Thiem, who reached the final in Paris in 2018 and 2019, broke back after going down a break in the first game of the final set, but Andujar, who beat 20-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer in Geneva earlier this month, didn't let up and broke again for 3-2.<\/p>\n
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The 35-year-old, ranked 68th in the world, then held his serve down the stretch and limited his error count which couldn't be said for Thiem, who made a total of 66 unforced errors.<\/p>\n
"I was not struggling at all with my motivation but the game was just not there today," he said.<\/p>\n
"Like all the shots are missing power. They are not accurate enough. I'm moving not well enough, so everything in my game there are some percents missing."<\/p>\n
Andujar, said after beating Federer on the Geneva clay his confidence is sky high.<\/p>\n
"I believed in myself because I played well (against Federer) two weeks ago. Usually being drawn against Thiem is a bad draw," the Spaniard said.<\/p>\n
"Winning today against a player like him is like a gift, even if he has not been at his best recently, because I'm 35 and I don't know how long I'm going to be playing for.<\/p>\n
"Beating Roger was an even bigger gift. I feel like Father Christmas came to my home."<\/p>\n
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