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Defending champion Dominic Thiem received a new starting opponent on Tuesday at the Wiener Erste Bank Open on Monday night.
9:10 PM, October 26, 2020
While Dominic Thiem With Dennis Novak was in dual use, drew Kei nishikori He was appointed for an injury to his right shoulder. The Japanese will not play again this year.
Lucky loser Vitali Satschko lost in the second qualifying round and is now number 529 in the world. It will be the first match of the 23-year-old’s tour.
The good friends Thiem and Novak have against each other in the first round of doubles Jamie Murray / Neal Skupsky after a good performance 5: 7.7: 6 (1), 5:10 lost. Against the well-rehearsed British they resisted in sets one to 5: 5, in the second they achieved a rebreak in a phase with ten points in a row and finally a sovereign tiebreaker. In the tie-break of the match it was not enough. For Novak, the ATP tennis tournament is over.
Except for the appearances of local heroes from Novak and Yuri Rodionov three first round singles were played on the national holiday. Pablo Carreno Busta qualified for a round of 16 duel with the conquerors of Novak Kevin Anderson, the Spanish benefited from the abandonment of the French with a 6-2.2-0 lead Gael monfils (7) due to neck problems. Andrej Rublew (RUS-5) with 6: 3,6: 2 against Norbert gombos (SVK-Q) and Borna Coric (CRO) with 6: 4.6: 4 against Taylor fritz (USA) had no problems.
