Tsitsipas has to battle to beat Novak, books spot in Vienna second round

Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the second seed, advanced to the second round of the Vienna Open by winning against Austrian wildcard Dennis Novak 7-6 (2), 6-2 at the Wiener Stadthalle on Wednesday.

Tsitsipas, ranked No 5, will play Croat Borna Coric next.

Vienna ATP 500, other first-round results:

• Daniil Medvedev vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili
• Jannik Sinner (6) beat Cristian Garin: 6-3, 6-2
• Marcos Giron beat Tallon Griekspoor: 6-4, 6-2
• Hubert Hurkacz (5) beat Frances Tiafoe: 7-6 (9), 3-6, 6-3
• Cameron Norrie (7) beat Pedro Cachin (LL): 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (1)
• Dominic Thiem beat Tommy Paul: 2-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (6)
• Denis Shapovalov beat Jurij Rodionov (WC): 6-4, 6-4
• 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 (4) 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