The opening set was decided by the only successful break of the South American player who advanced to the main competition from the qualification. Veselý was worried about the service, he collected a total of eight double errors. In the second set, he lost his service three times and in 81 minutes his opponent, who is eleven places lower in the ATP rankings, lost.
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Svrčina knocked out the number one Ostrava challenger
Nineteen-year-old tennis player Dalibor Svrčina started another domestic challenger with a victory over the number one after Sunday’s final at the Sparta Prague Open. On clay in Ostrava, he defeated Corentin Moutet in the first round after a nearly three-hour battle 6: 1, 4: 6 and 7: 4. Svrčina was transformed into the fourth swordfish.
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Last week in Stromovka, Svrčina tried to defend the title, but the Austrian Sebastian Ofner was better in the final. He started confidently against Moutet today, losing a single game in the first set and leading 2: 0 in the second. Although the Frenchman turned the course around, Svrčina 7: 3 dominated the tie-break in the decisive set.
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Zdeněk Kolář from the Czechs also passed into the second round of the Ostra Group Open after winning 6: 3, 7: 5 over Lukáš Rosol and Jonáš Forejtek on Monday. On the other hand, Pavel Nejedlý and Jakub Menšík dropped out. His Austrian conqueror Lucas Miedler will be Svrčin’s opponent for the quarterfinals.
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| ESTORIL (clay, subsidy 534 555 eur) |
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| Singles – Round 1: |
| Dellien (BOL) – Vesely (CZE) 6: 3, 6: 3 |
| Gasquet (Fr.) – Paul (7-USA) 7: 5, 6: 2 |
| Taberner (Šp.) – Harris (JAR) 6: 3, 6: 4 |
| Cuevas (Urug.) – Carballés (Šp.) 6:3, 3:6, 7:6 (7:4) |
| Ramos (6-Sp.) – Thompson (Austr.) 6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 4 |
| Bonzi (Fr.) – Thiem (Rak.) 6: 3, 7: 6 (11: 9) |
| Báez (ARG) – J. Sousa (Portugal) 6: 1, 6: 3 |
| Korda (8-USA) – Herbert (Fr.) 6:2, 6:4 |
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| OSTRAVA (challenger Ostra Group Open, clay, subsidy 45 730 euros) |
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| Singles – Round 1: |
| Kolář (5-CZ) – Rosol (CZE) 6: 3, 7: 5 |
| Svrcina (CZE) – Moutet (1-Fr.) 6: 1, 4: 6, 7: 6 (7: 3) |
| Tseng Chun-hsin (3-Taiwan) – Nejedlý (CZE) 6: 2, 6: 4 |
| Miedler (AUT) – Mensik (CZE) 6: 1, 6: 1 |
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| MUNICH (clay, subsidy 597 900 euros) |
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| Singles – Round 1: |
| Cressy (USA) – Evans (6-Brit.) 6:4, 6:4 |
| Otte (DEU) – Topo (SRB) 6: 1, 6: 2 |
| Ivaška (BEL) – McDonald (USA) 6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 3 |
| Gaston (Fr.) – Giron (USA) 6: 4, 6: 7 (4: 7), 7: 5 |
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