Three-time Grand Slam champion Swiss Stan Wawrinka entered the tennis challenger in Prague with a three-hundredth victory. The Russian Roman Safjullin, who eliminated Lukáš Rosol in the first round, defeated 6: 1, 4: 6, 6: 1 on the Štvanice clay court today. With the 189th world ranking player, Wawrinka spent almost two hours on the court. His next opponent will be the German Oscar Otte, who holds the 216th place in the ATP rankings.
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Stan Wawrinka from Switzerland at the tournament in Prague.
Michal Kamaryt, ČTK
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Wawrinka decided to test his form on two challengers in Prague after a long match break forced by coronavirus. Currently, the 17th player in the world wants to play before the clay season in Europe, he will miss the September US Open.
In the match of the second round with Safjullin, he quickly led 5: 0, until then the Russian player managed to keep the pass. However, he did not prevent a smooth loss in the first set. Also in the second set, Wawrinka was the first in the third game to receive the opponent’s service, but the former winner of the junior at the Australian Open immediately repaid him with the same coin. In the tenth game, the 23-year-old Russian showed another break and surprisingly picked up a set twelve years older favorite. However, the third set was again a clear matter for the Swiss star.
From left, the president of the Czech Tennis Association, Ivo Kaderka, and the former president of the Czech Republic, Václav Klaus, watch the match of Stan Wawrinka from Switzerland (in the foreground) at the tournament in Prague.
Michal Kamaryt, ČTK
Three Czech tennis players, Jiří Lehečka, Tomáš Macháč and Zdeněk Kolář, also advanced to the round of 16 today.
| Men’s tennis tournament I. ČLTK Prague Open 2020, challenger of the ATP circuit (clay, subsidy 137 560 euros): |
| Singles – Round 2: |
| Macháč (CZE) – Ivaška (8-Běl.) 6: 0, 7: 5 |
| Lehečka (CZE) – Rola (9-Slovenia) 6: 4, 7: 6 (7: 4) |
| Wheeler (CZE) – Ofner (15-AUT) 7: 6 (9: 7), 7: 5 |
| Herbert (3-Fr.) – Forejtek (CZE) 2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3 |
| Wawrinka (1-Switzerland) – Safjullin (RUS) 6: 1, 4: 6, 6: 1. |
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