STOCKHOLM. Novak bests Troicki in the qualifications of the Intrum Stockholm Open

Dennis Novak prevails over Viktor Troicki 7-5 6-1 in the qualifications in Stockholm on Sunday. Novak will play against Gianluca Mager in the qualifications.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Austrian conquered in the 12^th game (7-5).

2^nd set.

Novak overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Troicki in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. The Austrian improved his lead after breaking Viktor in the 4^th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).

A crucial moment of the match was when the Austrian won 5 consecutive games in the 2^nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Novak scored 67 points vs. the Serbian’s 50 points.

The Austrian served extremely well to win 80% of the points (32/40) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (11/20) on his second serve. The Austrian was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (3/6). On the other side, the Serbian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Novak and Troicki is 1-0 for Dennis.

Next Match: Dennis Novak vs. Gianluca Mager – stats

Novak will square off with Mager in the qualifications.

There is no head to head record between Dennis Novak and Gianluca Mager since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

The last time that they played each other, Mager won 6-3 6-1 in the qualifications in Guadalajara Challenger back in 2016.

Tennis Scores in Stockholm

• Yuichi SugitaSugita – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Lucas RenardRenard – Ernests GulbisGulbis (7-5 ret.) – See score progression
• Dennis NovakNovak – Viktor TroickiTroicki (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Tommy PaulPaul – Markus ErikssonEriksson (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe – Hyeon ChungChung (3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Oscar OtteOtte – Tommy RobredoRobredo (6-0 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Tobias KamkeKamke (7-5 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Gianluca MagerMager – Simon YitbarekYitbarek (6-2 7-5) – See score progression

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• Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe – Oscar OtteOtte (1-0) – See H2H details
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – John MillmanMillman (1-1) – See H2H details
• Gianluca MagerMager – Dennis NovakNovak (0-0) – See H2H details
• Brayden SchnurSchnur – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (0-0) – See H2H details
• Tommy PaulPaul – Lucas RenardRenard (0-0) – See H2H details
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Yuichi SugitaSugita (0-0) – See H2H details
• Mikael YmerYmer – Joao SousaSousa (0-1) – See H2H details