Novak precipitated his friend Thiem in the second round of Wimbledon

Novak hastened his friend Thiem in the second round of Wimbledon

WIMBLEDON. Premiere: The 24-year-old won a match for the first time in a Grand Slam tournament.

Apulia is now expecting a three-set victory over Polansky. Image: GEPA / Mathias Mandl images

"I'm in three sets, it could not be better." Dennis Novak, 24, celebrated his first podium at a big tennis tournament yesterday at Wimbledon. The Dutchman scored 6: 2, 6: 3, 7: 6 (7) in a fifth time of five minutes with Canadian "Lucky Loser" Peter Polansky. His friend and training partner Dominic Thiem is today against the Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis (third game after 12.30) used for the first time.

Novak was not out of his second major game, although his 30-year-old opponent as number 110 in the world rankings 61 places better than the Austrian number four. But the protégé of Wolfgang Thiem and Günter Bresnik had to fight only in the third set. Novak was up to 5: 4 with a break in the front, but when he served on the match, he gave his first serve. He entered the tie-break, in which the world ranking 171. Initially with Mini-Break, but eventually had to fend off three balls before using his first match point by Polansky foul.

His only match in a major major event was Novak in January at the Australian Open in Melbourne against Bulgarian Top Ten man Grigor Dimitrov clearly lost in straight sets. With the Wimbledon qualification, it worked for him on the second attempt. "It's good for me to have won my first Grand Slam victory here," said Novak

. But with the Frenchman Lucas Pouille, there is a much bigger hurdle now. The world ranking-19. is about half a year younger than Novak, prevailed in the first round against Americans Denis Kudla 6: 3, 6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 3 par. On the lawn retains the title holder of Vienna 2017 as well as the winner of five ATP tournaments with a tour balance of 13 wins and nine losses. This year, Apulia was already in tenth place in the top 10, Novak has not played against him yet.

Thiem warns against Baghdatis

Defending champion Roger Federer started yesterday with a 6: 1, 6: 3, 6: 4 a rather hectic day of work on the Serbian Dusan Lajovic

Today It is the turn of Thiem. The Paris finalist lives in a house just steps from the property during the tournament with his girlfriend Kristina Mladenovic. He is warned of his opponent. "The grbad is almost his favorite surface," says Austria's number one on Baghdatis, Wimbledon's semifinalist in 2006. "It's usually the phase of the season when I expect the least from me. . "

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