With Thiem, Novak & Rodionov: Monday is Austrian Day at the Erste Bank Open
The schedule for the first day of the Erste Bank Open is here. While Dennis Novak and Jurij Rodionov have their difficult first round games on the program, Dominic Thiem starts in doubles on Monday.
by Michael Rothschädl
last edit: Oct 25, 2020, 04:58 pm
By Michael Rothschädl from the Wiener Stadthalle
After Dominic Thiem had already sniffed the air on the Center Court of the Wiener Stadthalle on Sunday when he fought with the number one of the tournament, Novak Djokovic, in the early morning , the defending champion will also have his first competition game on Monday Contest the Erste Bank Open. The world number three starts with Dennis Novak in the doubles competition and will finish the game day on the NextGen Court towards evening.
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The Austrian had already followed a number of games with Novak in qualifying, and on Saturday, for example, he kept his fingers crossed for his compatriot Alex Erler from the stands. For Dennis Novak, a major day of the fight is on the program on Monday, the world ranking 91. will also serve in the individual competition. At 2 p.m., the Lower Austrian will open the game on Center Court against the strong South African Kevin Anderson.
Rodionov meets Shapovalov in the evening
Immediately afterwards, the man will step onto Center Court against whom Novak was somewhat unlucky last year. We are talking about the French Gael Monfils, who has to deal with the US Open semi-finalist Pablo Carreno Busta. Immediately afterwards, the newly crowned Back-To-Back ATP 500 champion Andrey Rublev, who triumphed in Hamburg and St. Petersburg, starts the tournament. Jurij Rodionov and Denis Shapovalov decide the day of play at Center Court.
In second place there will be mainly doubles on Monday. Only one single draw match is scheduled on the NextGen Court, where Borna Coric and Taylor Fritz will battle each other right at the start of the day. The winner of this duel could meet Novak Djokovic in round two.
All Erste Bank Open matches are broadcast live on ServusTV and selected matches on FreeTV. The ORF will also broadcast some matches.