Wien – Dennis Novak suffered the expected defeat on the national holiday after an initially strong performance. The 29-year-old from Lower Austria lost to the Greek, who was number two Stefanos Tsitsipas in the first round of the Erste Bank Open in Vienna after 88 minutes with 6:7(2),2:6. Novak, currently number 155 in the world, demanded number 5 in the ATP ranking in the first round and at least had a chance of winning a set.
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