04.06.2013 10:11:16 | Second-seeded Lukáš Rosol, fifth-seeded Radek Štěpánek and the eighth-seeded Jan Hájek will play today on the AGROFERT Arena center court. "Of course, we all wish to see the Czech players in the final rounds and I am positive they will have a successful day today," Petra Langrová, the tournament director, says.
The weather forecast will not influence the program on the center court, the retractable roof guarantees the 10:30 start of the third-seeded Finn Nieminen against the German Gojowczyk, followed – not before noon – by Radek Štěpánek vs. Victor Estrella from the Dominican Republic. Radek Štěpánek has engaged in full training after the cervical spine surgery in January. "I knew it would take me some time to get back in shape." Next, there will be Jan Hájek against Ivo Minář, the latter had to go through demanding qualification draw, Hájek's performance at UniCredit Czech Open is excellent as usual. Jiří Veselý, whose ranking rockets towards the first hundred, was unlucky with the worst draw. He will play the seventh-seeded Garcia-Lopez from Spain who currently ranks 79 on the ATP ranking list and was in the finals of the Bucarest challenger where he lost to Rosol. Lukáš Rosol will close the good quality program on the AGROFERT Arena center court, he will play the Polish Kowalyczyk who qualified for the main draw passing the qualification.
