Coaches Bresnik and Thiem explain the rise of Novak

Dennis Novak can expect the biggest game of his young career Friday at Wimbledon: The 24-year-old player from Lower Austria will face Milos Raonic in the third round of the traditional Grand Slam tournament.

The second round delighted Novak at Lawn Mecca against Frenchman Lucas Pouille, number 17, which he beat after a 2-0 lead, but still in the final set

"Even better, if you 0: 2- But if you want to be a pro, you dream of a third round at Wimbledon, "said the protégé of Wolfgang Thiem and Günter Bresnik on the next" climax of Dennis ".

Bresnik made by Novak

Bresnik is impressed by the recent appearance of 24 years. He is the second time in the Grand Slam tournament, has qualified both times, both the same year, "said Bresnik, who has had one since last fall. Stabilization and increase at Novak, in discussion with the APA

For Lower Austria, his appearance at Wimbledon is by far the greatest success of his career.In the standings, he will improve at least the 125 position. the year, Novak was exactly 100 places away.

"He was also able to participate fully in the preparation for the first time, otherwise he was still injured or was sick," said Bresnik Now, Novak is fit, healthy and "playing well."

Even at Roland Garros, Novak had lost only in the last qualifying round, after which he beat the top "Last year, he played really well against Kyle Edmund in the fall, and it's been going well. s a long time. "

The ripening process last year

The reason for the rise, which is already really long been expected? "I hurt myself last year, maybe it was good, so I realized how much I missed the sport, I know I made my mistakes there. a few years ago, "admits an adult Novak.

It was at this point that he saw how much he likes to play, "remembers Wolfgang Thiem, who has known Dominic's close friend since his childhood and who l? also took to Südstadt, in this conversation with LAOLA1

. Tennis has always been good for Dennis, he came to us at the age of 12 and 13 years old. He has been technically well trained and he is now a finished tennis player, and although he still has a decent consistency, it will be a long way. For Thiem, the rise of Novak began last autumn at the Erste Bank Open of the Wiener Stadthalle, where he qualified for the second round. Then he had a very good and happy preparation in Tenerife. "

Novak himself sees it like this:" It was incredibly good, which helped a lot with all the good players. "said Novak, who is on the Spanish island and other Dominic Thiem and Philipp Kohlschreiber had embarked for 2018.

Novak again outsider

Against Apulia, Novak is obviously also opposed to ex-underdog Milos Raonic.Injuries after falling to 32nd place, thanks to his turfing success, but placed in 13th place in Canada was the last to come to the final in Stuttgart with a feeling of achievement at Wimbledon Raonic did not make a set in the first two rounds.

While Raonic only knows Novak that he trains with Thiem and that 39; he is also a good friend, the Austrian knows his next opponent. "Of course, he has already played against Domi, I saw that, of course, he is one of the best servers, it's his biggest weapon, I have to see that I can defuse his service and be active from the baseline "Novak. place Raonic as much as possible. "This is not quite his strength."

The Bresnik Road for Novak against the favorite Milos Raonic: "He must play well his own games and be patient."

Novak feels perfectly fit

In his first thriller in five sets, Novak, who laid the foundation for a sensational win outside with a surprise opening win over Andrey Rublev at the Davis Cup in Moscow last April, was not worried. "I'll be in great shape on Friday," he said, adding with a laugh, "there will be no rallies for so long."

If Novak manages to make a sensation, then he already scratches the top 100 and should be ranked 105th. In addition, there are already 163,000 books (185,000 euros) for a turn of sixteen years. But against the lawn specialist Raonic, who failed in 2016 at Wimbledon only in the final against Andy Murray and last year's quarter-final Roger Federer, the task is much more difficult than against Apulia.

By the way, Novak also scored a seven-year "bill" with Wimbledon

"At the time, I played the qualifier against the junior tournament's number two and j & # 39; I had the match at 13:12 in the third set and then lost at 1:15, which was unbelievably bitter then, "said Novak. But in 2018, things will be different. "Now, I think it was just a junior match and now I'm in the third round with the pros and it's unbelievable."

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