Shapovalov into second round at Vienna, where Taylor Fritz waits
Denis Shapovalov won against Jurij Rodionov 6-4, 6-4 on Tuesday. He’ll face American Taylor Fritz, the No 4 seed, in the next round
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Canadian Denis Shapovalov advanced to the second round of the Vienna Open by beating Austrian wildcard Jurij Rodionov 6-4, 6-4 at the Wiener Stadthalle on Tuesday.
Shapovalov, ranked No 19, will play American Taylor Fritz, the No 4 seed, next. Shapovalov owns the 4-2 lifetime record against Fritz, but it was the American who took their last meeting a few weeks ago in Tokyo.
Vienna ATP 500, other first-round results (Wiener Stadthalle, EUR 2.489.935, most recent results first):
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili
- Dennis Novak vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Cristian Garin vs. Jannik Sinner
- Tallon Griekspoor vs. Marcos Giron
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Pedro Cachin vs. Cameron Norrie
- Dominic Thiem vs. Tommy Paul: tuesday
- Emil Ruusuvuori beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-2, 6-3
- Grigor Dimitrov beat Thiago Monteiro (Q): 6-3, 6-4
- Daniel Evans beat Oscar Otte (LL): 6-4, 7-6 (3)
- Andrey Rublev (3) beat Diego Schwartzman: 6-4, 6-1
- Francisco Cerundolo beat Filip Misolic (WC): 6-3, 6-3
- Taylor Fritz beat Yoshihito Nishioka (Q): 6-7 (4), 7-6 (7), 6-3
- Borna Coric beat Quentin Halys (Q): 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
- Karen Khachanov beat J.J. Wolf (Q): 7-6 (4), 7-5
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