04.06.2012 11:13:41 | Saturday evening's draw had no mercy with the favorites. Florian Mayer (Germany) to play Lukas Rosol in the first round, Ramirez Hidalgo to meet Hajek, three-time champion of Prostejov Challenger. The victors will celebrate, and the losers will go home. The first day's program commences at 11.00 a.m., even though the weather forecast is not great. Be that as it may, the players will start on the Central Court. Who is to show up? Last qualification round: Ignatik (BLR) – J. Minar (CZE), followed by the first-round matches: Munoz de-la Nava (ESP) – Darcis (5-BEL), Mayer (3-GER) – Rosol, Ramirez Hidalgo (8-ESP) – Hajek, Horansky, Vesely (SVK, CZE) – Dlouhy, Mertinak (2-CZE, SVK). Court No. 1 offers the following program: Korolev (KAZ) – Pospisil, Rufin (FRA) – T. H. Yang (TWN), Gabasvili (RUS) – Menendez (ESP), Brunström, Marx (1-SWE, GER) – Skoch, T. H. Yang (CZE, TWN), Gabasvili, Odesnik (RUS, USA) – Monroe, Stadler (USA, GER). Final qualification rounds at Court No. 2: Rumler (CZE) – Semjan (SVK), Michon (FRA) – Stadler (GER), followed by a first-round match: Janowicz (POL) – J. P. Hsieh, H. H. Lee (TWN) – Krcek, Rumler.
The match of Jaroslav Pospisil vs. Korolev from Kazakhstan is sure to be very appealing to Prostejov fans. "Czech Open is my favorite tournament also because of my family, friends, and fans who, I hope, will come to support me in great numbers like in the past years," said Pospisil to the press before the tournament. Everybody will surely support Jan Hajek who is also meeting a very tough opponent: eighth-seeded Ramirez Hidalgo from Spain.
