Cologne – Dennis Novak narrowly missed the first-time entry into the semifinals of a tennis ATP tournament. The Lower Austrian lost to the Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in his quarter-final premiere in Cologne on Friday after 1:55 hours with 3: 6.6: 2.3: 6. The 27-year-old missed a semi-final duel with the top seeded German Alexander Zverev, who is seventh in the world rankings, at the new ATP 250 event in Germany.
