Czech tennis players shine in international tournaments

Czechs in action

Bouzková is already in the semi-finals of the doubles
Marie Bouzková and the American Bethanie Matteková-Sands will play the doubles semi-final on the clay 1000 in Rome. In the evening quarterfinals, the Czech-American duo defeated the second seeded Ukrainian Ljudmila Kičenokova and Latvian Jelena Ostapenko 7:6(3) and 6:3.

Bouzková and Matteková-Sands will challenge Australian Storm Hunter and Belgian Elise Mertens in the semifinals of the tournament four.

Nosková advanced to the quarterfinals in Paris
Linda Nosková (54th) advanced to the quarterfinals at the WTA 125 clay event in Paris. At the end of Wednesday’s program, she beat Katherine Sebova (145th) from Canada 7:5 and 6:2 on the center court in one hour and 26 minutes, to whom she avenged her defeat in the opening round of this year’s Australian Open qualification. The tournament four averted seven out of eight break points in the match, and the 18-year-old Czech was successful on four occasions.

Nosková experienced the most difficult moments in the second half of the opening act, when she lost the advantage of the break and faced a set point at 4:5. Fortunately, she deflected it and by winning three games in a row, she definitively turned the set win over to her side. In the second set, she allowed only two games to her six-year-old opponent.

In the next round, Nosková will face the French Diane Parry (109th).

Menšík turned round the round of 16 with Ionel
Jakub Menšík (333rd) recorded his seventh winning match in a row. The 17-year-old Czech, who won his first challenger title in Sparta last week, turned a dramatic round of 16 with Nicholas David Ionel (205th) from Romania at the event of the same category in Tunis.

The duel, which lasted almost three and a quarter hours, was won by Menšík after a great fight with a score of 6:7(5), 6:4 and 7:5, although he was a break behind in the second and third sets. For the semi-finals, the talented teenager will play against the highest ranked Croatian Borna Goj (102nd).

We cover more about the match in a separate article.

Voráčová managed the doubles drama
Doubles player Renata Voráčová entered the event of the WTA 125 category in Florence as a winner. The experienced Czech, together with the Taiwanese Fang-hsien Wu, defeated the Slovenian-Australian pair Dalila Jakupovičová, Olivia Tjandramuliaová in the first round after sets 6:7(5), 7:6(5) and 10:5. The Italians Angelica Moratelliová and Camilla Rosatellová await them in the quarterfinals.

Deblister Kolodziejová finishes in Paris
Miriam Kolodziejová and her partner Tereza Mihalíková failed to enter the WTA 125 clay tournament in Paris. The Czech-Slovak pair did not get a single break point in the first round of the doubles and lost to the Korean-Chinese pair Su-jeong Jang, Chao-süan Jang after an hour and 11 minutes 4:6 and 2:6.

ATP/WTA

Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Rome (Women, ITA, $3,572,618, Clay)
Doubles quarterfinals
BOUZKOVÁ, Matteková-Sandsová (USA) – L. Kičenoková (UKR), Ostapenko (LAT) 7:6(3), 6:3

Trophée Clarins, Paris (Women, $115,000, Clay)
Round of 16 singles
Katherine Sebova (CAN, 145th) – LINDA NOSKOVA (54.) 5:7, 2:6

1st round of doubles
S. Yang (KOR), C. Yang (CHN) – KOLODZIEJOVÁ, Mihalíková (SVK) 6:4, 6:2

Firenze Ladies Open, Florence (Women, ITA, $115,000, Clay)
1st round of doubles
VORÁČOVÁ, F. Wu (TPE) – Jakupovičová (SLO), Tjandramuliaová (AUS) 6:7(5), 7:6(5), 10:5

Challenger Tour

Piemonte Open Intesa Sanpaolo, Turin (Men, ITA, $200,000, Clay)
1st round of doubles
Bortolotti (ITA), Martos Gornes (ESP) – JEBAVÝ, Oswald (AUT) 7:5, 3:6, 3:10

KIA Tunis Open (Museum, TUN, $80,000, clay)
Round of 16 singles
JAKUB MENŠÍK (333.) – Nicholas David Ionel (ROU, 205.) 6:7(5), 6:4, 7:5

ITF World Tennis Tour

Open Saint-Gaudens 31 Occitanie (ženy, FRA, 60 000 USD, antuka)
1st round of singles
Lucie Wargnierová (FRA, 896.) – ANNA SISKOVA (354.) 1:6, 4:6

Genova Prague Open 2023 by Moneta, Prague (men, CZE, USD 25,000, clay)
1st round of singles
JAN HRAZDIL (1387.) – Christian Fellin (ITA, -) 6:3, 6:2
JIRÍ JENÍČEK (1463.) – PATRIK RIKL (732.) 4:6, 3:6
JIRÍ BARNAT (605.) – Lukas Neumayer (AUT, 347th) 3:6, 4:6
PETER NOUZA (628.) – Alexander Rybakov (USA, 395.) 6:4, 6:3
Beibit Zhukaev (KAZ, 316.) – MAXIM MRVA (-) 7:5, 3:6, 4:6
Goncalo Oliveira (POR, 329.) – FILIP APLTAUER (1591.) 6:4, 6:2
JIRÍ ČIŽEK (-) – MATTHEW WILLIAM DONALD (1286.) 6:7(5), 3:6

1st round of doubles
EMERGENCY, VRBENSKý – JENÍČEK, D. PÁTÝ 5:7, 6:1, 15:13
Damm, Rybakov (both USA) – BLACK, REČEK 6:1, 6:3
JERMÁŘ, PECÁK – HRAZDIL, JURAJDA 6:3, 3:6, 3:10

We cover more about the tournament in a separate article.

WTA Monzon Conchita Martinez (Women, ESP, $25,000, Hard)
Round of 16 singles
GABRIELA KNUTSONOVA (307.) – Karola Patricia Bejenaruová (ROU, 546.) 6:3, 6:1

Ambassadori Tennis Open, Kachreti (Women, GEO, $25,000, Hard)
2nd round of singles
LINDA KLIMOVIČOVÁ (514.) – Dejana Radanovičová (SRB, 631.) 1:6, 4:6

Carinthian Ladies Lake’s Trophy 2023, Feld am See (ženy, AUT, 25 000 USD, antuka)
1st round of singles
LINDA ŠEVČÍKOVÁ (936.) – Tamara Kosticová (AUT, 1087.) 4:6, 0:6
MICHAELA BAYERLOVÁ (318.) – Mavie Osterreicherová (AUT, 1177.) 6:4, 3:6, 3:6
DENISA HINDOVÁ (583.) – Eden Silva (GBR, 351st) 6:3, 1:6, 4:6

Doubles quarterfinals
BAYERLOVA, Dürstová (SUI) – Glanzerová, Kanduthová (both AUT) 6:1, 6:3
Bokorová, Karnerová (both AUT) – HINDOVÁ, Schollová (USA) 3:6, 0:6
Guthová (GER), Kosticová (AUT) – ŠEVČÍKová, Vojčináková (SVK) postponed to 18.5.

M15 Krško (men, SLO, USD 15,000, clay)
Final qualification
DOMINIK OF KELL (1209.) – Jan Dimitrijevič (SLO, -) 6:3, 6:2

Antalya Series (Women, TOUR, $15,000, Clay)
1st round of singles
Ani Vangelová (BUL, 802.) – NICOL BENEŠOVÁ (-) 6:0, 6:1

Editor, photo: Czech Tennis Association / Pavel Lebeda (sport-pics.cz)

Roman Jebavý Renata Voráčová Marie Bouzková Miriam Kolodziejová Linda Nosková Jakub Menšík