The unexpected fall of Lehečka. In Basel, he failed against the clay player Martínez and will not go to Antwerp

Martínez – Lehčka 6:2, 6:2

That’s Lehečka His fourth consecutive tournament began with a match against the Spanish clay player, but while in Beijing (Pedro Martinez).

Two weeks ago, Martínez won against the domestic clay opponent in Valencia, but then he played only two indoor matches against Lasl Djere and was a stranger in the duel with Lehečka. However, the 27-year-old Spaniard got a surprise, winning 6:2, 6:2 without doubt and claiming one of the most valuable scalps off clay.

The 28th tennis player in the ATP ranking, Lehečka, had no chance against an opponent who was five years older. He made one break point on his return, which he did not use, lost serve four times and was eliminated from the tournament after just 67 minutes of play. The Spaniard surprised him with an aggressive game, making as few mistakes as possible.

Lehčka won at least one game in the first five tournaments after returning in August from a stress fracture in his back, which sidelined him for three months. He also added number two four times and last week in Antwerp he reached the final. Now, for the first time since the Masters in Miami in March, he finishes on the racket of the first opponent.

Since August, Mladá Boleslav, who is twenty-two years old, has a match record of 11:6. While he suffered his first four losses against better-ranked opponents Frances Tiafoe (26th in the ATP), Andrej Rublyov (6th), Jannik Sinner (1st) and Holger Run (14th), lost the last two games from the favorite position. – with Robert Bautista (60th) and Martínez (39th).

In the next two weeks, Leheček should present himself at the 1000 in Paris and then at the 250 in Belgrade.

The result of the ATP 500 is in Basel

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