Andy Murray will return to world number two next week after Roger Federer was beaten by Dominic Thiem in the third round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome.

.@ThiemDomi upsets @RogerFederer 76(2) 64 to reach #ibi16 QFs. Stats: https://t.co/HhUw8dXb4W #ATPMasters1000 pic.twitter.com/HgQnikjHfi

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Federer overtook Murray on Monday after the British number one narrowly failed to defend his Madrid Open title, losing to Novak Djokovic in the final.

But Federer knew he needed to at least match his final appearance at the Masters tournament 12 months ago to have a chance of preventing Murray taking the place straight back.

With neither man playing another event before the French Open in 10 days’ time, Murray is now guaranteed to be seeded two at Roland Garros.

Federer missed Madrid with a back problem and expressed surprise at winning his opening match against Alexander Zverev in Rome on Wednesday.

But his lack of fitness caught up with him in his third-round encounter with 2016 form man Thiem, who triumphed 7-6 (7/2) 6-4.