TENNIS ONLINE: The tailor is advancing. The Czech sensation will play with the star Frenchman

Barbora Krejčíková advanced to the quarterfinals at the tournament in Linz. She defeated the Belgian Greet Minnen after almost three hours of fighting 5: 7, 7: 6, 6: 4 and for the first participation in the semifinals of the WTA singles circuit she will face Alexandra Sasnovičová from Belarus.

Three weeks after her illness, which did not let her into the doubles semifinals in Ostrava, Krejčíková was the favorite in the first match with Minnen according to her position in the rankings, but the Belgian won the first set. The balanced second set, in which both players kept the service, was decided by the Czech tennis player in a shortened game. She won the third set thanks to a single break in the end.

Twenty-four-year-old Krejčíková will face Sasnovičová for the second time in her career. In a single duel six years ago at the ITF tournament in Toruń, she defeated the former world thirty.

So far, Jonáš Forejtek has been gaining success on the junior circuit when he dominated the junior US Open last year. He already has experience in the Davis Cup, last season he helped the Czech team to victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina, in which he scored two points for Jaroslav Navrátil’s team.

Today’s opponent is fifteen years older seasoned French tennis player Richard Gasquet, the 49th player in the world and the winner of 15 tournaments on the ATP circuit. In the first round in Sofia, he dealt with the Spaniard Carballes Baena smoothly 6: 3, 6: 4.

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