15.05.2014 11:20:16 | Preceding the UniCredit Czech Open tournament, a traditional press conference was held in Prague and, of course, in a traditional composition: Petra Cernoskova, the Tournament Director, Jiri Kunert, CEO of UniCredit Bank Czech Republic, Miroslav Cernosek, the Head of Prostejov tennis and Ivo Kaderka, the President of CTS. Journalists were primarily interested in the player cast. "Except for Tomas, who cannot compete, the whole Czech Davis Cup team will participate in our tournament led by Radek Stepanek, Lukas Rosol, Jika Vesely; the Kazakhstan Davis Cup team will be also present as well as many other players in the ATP Top 100.
Regarding the wild cards, we've got one for Radek Stepanek, one for Robin Haase, who beat Radek in the Netherlands duel, and another card is ready for Tommy Robredo from Spain; however, it depends on his performance in the first week of Roland Garros. It's perfectly clear that who succeeds in Paris in the first week, won't go to Prostėjov. One card can is still kept for discussions in Paris. We originally planned to give it to Florian Mayer (Germany), almost a club player of ours, who plays Extraliga regularly for us, who returns to the circuit after his injury. However, he's recently called Jarda Navratil to say that he can't accept our offer; that he does simply not deserve the money, that he would not be a reinforcement to our tournament, and that he does not want to disappoint us," said the tournament director Petra Cernoskova, adding that they will look for the fourth wild card holder at the second Grand Slam tournament in Paris.
