07.06.2014 11:42:02 | The head of the Czech tennis, Ivo Kaderka, has been at the tournament in Prostejov for the seventeenth time. The Czech Tennis Association has participated in the tournament, which has been called the Czech Open since 2002, for many years: “I’d like to thank Jiri Kunert. UniCredit Bank is a guarantee of a great level of the tournament and perfect financial backing in the long term. I have to thank Mirek Cernosek for his perfect care of this tournament and, of course, to Petra Cernoskova who is absolutely wonderful in the role of the tournament director. She and her team do an excellent job. The tournament was traditionally organized at a great level, it featured great quality players. There were no shortcomings, everything was just perfect.
“Contrary to Jiri Kunert who is happy about a Slovak player in the finals, owing to the Bank’s newly extended operation to Slovakia, I wished to see Adam Pavlasek there. It was an excellent tournament for Adam. He reached a challenger’s semifinals for the first time in his career and I wished he would make one step further and reach the finals. It would also be a practical proof of our philosophy of supporting young promising players. We started to organize a series of futures tournaments three years ago where both Adam Pavlasek and, in particular, Jiri Vesely gained important points. Jiri Vesely won two tournaments, Adam Pavlas won one. At that time, we took many systematic steps to support the care of young players. I’m glad we’ve made the decision. Jiri is a member of a successful Davis Cup team. He has already won the first point in the competition and he sure has a great future ahead. The tournament was accompanied by wonderful events again at which important personalities of the Czech scene met. I’m glad that the name of the Czech Tennis Association is associated with this tournament which has no equivalent in its category in the world.“
