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Good friends Dominic Thiem and Dennis Novak lost 5: 7.7: 6 (1), 5: 10 in the first round of doubles at the Erste Bank Open against Jamie Murray / Neal Skupsky after a good performance on Monday night. 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.
In addition to appearances by local heroes from Novak and Jurij Rodionov, three first round singles were played on the national holiday. Pablo Carreño Busta qualified for a round of 16 duel with Novak defeating Kevin Anderson, the Spaniard benefited from the surrender of Frenchman Gael Monfils (7) due to neck problems with a 6: 2.2: 0 advantage. 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.
Thiem continues in the singles on Tuesday, but his opponent Kei Nishikori withdrew his nomination with a right shoulder injury. The Japanese will not play again this year. Lucky Loser Vitaly Sachko (also Satschko) lost in the second qualifying round and is at his career high of 453 in the world rankings.
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