Dennis Novak gives the all-clear - Davis Cup start not in danger
Dennis Novak should lead Austria's Davis Cup team in Innsbruck in just under two and a half weeks. The Lower Austrian should have healed his ankle injury by then.
by tennisnet.com
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Nov 08, 2021, 06:14 pm
After his strong performance at the Erste Bank Open in Vienna last week, Dennis Novak made a stopover at the ATP Challenger tournament in Bergamo. There, Austria's number two tore open an ankle injury when he was defeated by Fabian Maroszan - now a few days off is the order of the day. The start at the Davis Cup in Innsbruck is not in danger. In any case, Novak gave tennisnet.com the all-clear. Which is urgently needed in the absence of Dominic Thiem. Because the Serbs arrive with Novak Djokovic, who celebrated a triumphant comeback in Paris-Bercy. And Germany has a top man in Jan-Lennard Struff, who is reliably in top form in the Davis Cup. However, this also applies to Dennis Novak.
The second Austrian single player will probably be Jurij Rodionov, who is in action in Bratislava this week for a Challenger. The third option for the Austrian team boss Stefan Koubek is Gerald Melzer in singles, Oliver Marach and Philipp Oswald are set in doubles.
For the Serbs, the duo Djokovic with Filip Krajinovic is emerging as the most likely option in pair skating. However, only if one point is necessary to win after the two singles. Djokovic and Krajinovic got used to it in Paris-Bercy last week. Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies will reunite for Germany. The two recently started with different partners because Mies had to sit out longer due to an operation on the ankle.