the greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, second seeded at the ATP 500 tournament in Vienna, defeated the Austrian on Wednesday Dennis Novack 7-6 (2) and 6-2, and reached the round of 16.
Because of the crowd, Novak (155) pushed the fifth best racket on the planet to the limit in the first set, which was decided in a tie-break with Tsitsipas winning 7-2.
The Greek was uncomfortable against the Austrian, who was invited by the organization of the tournament, who showed character and suggested an aggressive fight from the start.
However, Novak suffered from errors in the second set and gave his serve twice against the Greek, former world number three, who closed out the match 6-2 after one hour and 28 minutes.
With this victory, Tsitsipas regained the sensations after being eliminated from the Stockholm tournament against the Danish Holger Rune and will now face the Croatian in the round of 16 Borna Coricwhich eliminated Frenchman Quentin Halys.
Stefanos Tsitsipas, third in the Race after Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal He makes sure to add 45 ranking points in case there is an option to fight for No. 1 season finale later at the Masters 1000 ATP in Paris and the ATP Finals in Turin.
Source: La Verdad
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