Tsitsipas has to battle to beat Novak, books spot in Vienna second round
Stefanos Tsitsipas defeated Dennis Novak 7-6 (2), 6-2 on Wednesday afternoon. He’ll face Croat Borna Coric in the next round
Stefanos Tsitsipas (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
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
