The 32nd ranked Lehečka won in one hour and 43 minutes. He outplayed his opponents in the ratio of winning balls 33:16, he also scored six aces. A few days after his first triumph on the ATP circuit in Adelaide, he claimed his sixth victory in a row. In the next round of the first Grand Slam of the season, he will face the American Alex Michelsen.
The 22-year-old native of Mladá Boleslav won the first set thanks to a break in the sixth game, and even took Zapata’s serve three times in the second set. In the third set, the Czech tennis player averted three break points at 1:2, in the seventh game, on the contrary, he broke his opponent’s serve and later took advantage of the first match point.
The 30-year-old Veselý, who started in the main competition thanks to a protected ranking, finished in the opening phase of the Australian Open for the second time in a row. Against Fils, who was eleven years younger, he played only 16 winning balls, the Frenchman had 66. The native of Bondoufle also helped himself to 18 aces.
Although Veselý won the first set against Fils, the 34th player in the world, the Frenchman remained 100% on serve in the rest of the game and turned the match around thanks to four breaks. On his debut in Melbourne, he was able to celebrate progress after two hours and 44 minutes.
Karolína Plíšková will also enter the tournament from the Czech representatives. The former world number one will challenge world number three and reigning finalist Jelena Rybakinová from Kazakhstan.
Tennis Grand Slam tournament Australian Open in Melbourne (hard surface, subsidy 86.5 million Australian dollars): Men: Singles – 1st round: LEHEČKA (32-CR) – Zapata (Sp.) 6:3, 6:2, 6: 3Fils (Fr.) – VESELÝ (CZ) 4:6, 7:5, 6:2, 6:3 Women: Singles – 1st round:9:00 Rybakinová (3-Kaz.) – Plíšková (ČR)
2024-01-16 00:00:00
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