02.06.2010 20:18:49 | Seed no. 1 Radek Shtepanek, seed no. 6 Jan Hajek, and unexpectedly also Jaroslav Pospishil, who had to win his position in the tournament in the qualification, got promoted into the quarterfinals of UniCredit Czech Open! They are all members of TK AGROFERT PROSTEJOV!
Pospishil delivered an unexpectedly high standard performance and defeated American Michael Russel in the first round and Spaniard Alcaida in the second one. Who are the Czech players going to clash with in the quarterfinals? Shtepanek will fight with vehement Fin Jarko Nieminen, defending champion, Jan Hajek, will play against Spaniard Ramos-Vinolas who knocked out the seed no. 3, Romanian Victor Hanescu, and Pospishil will meet with Portuguese Frederico Gil on the court. Another Czech, Jan Hernych, had a chance to get promoted into the quarterfinal too but he lost to Kazakh Golubev 6:7, 3:6 after a battle in the end. Golubev will fight against Belgian Olivier Rochus.