04.06.2014 10:30:55 | Four out of eight Czechs advanced to the second round of the UniCredit Czech Open main competition: three seeded players Stepanek, Rosol, and Vesely, as well as Adam Pavlasek who, after a match of a life time, send the fifth-seeded American Klahn home. “Every match at this level is great experience for me and I hope I will advance even further.” The satisfied member of the Prostejov club is playing twenty-six year old Brazilian Joao Sousa (149th in ATP rating) today.
The Brazilian ousted Angelinose of Greece in three sets in a tough match. As far as the Czechs are concerned, Jaroslav Pospisil lost to Slovak Jozef Kovalik and their dramatic battle was only decided at the end of the third set. Michal Konecny was defeated by Slovak Norbert Gombos. Czech stars will show up at the central court gradually from 11.00 a.m. First, Lukas Rosol is playing Hocevar of Brazil. The Brazilian beat Daniel Knoflicek who surprisingly advanced from the qualification. After them, Jiri Vesely is meeting Germain Gigounon of Belgium and then Radek Stepanek vs Jezef Kovalik of Slovakia who was granted a wild card. The arena is sure to be crowded at that time. After the press conference with Ivan Lendl, a practice with young hopes of Prostejov will take place in which the eight-time grand slam winner will play the main role. Later, as the icing on the cake, a great autograph session with Ivan Lendl will be held in the lobby of the Tennis Club hotel!
