04.06.2015 10:26:19 | Thursday will see interesting quarter-final matches. Even though only four seeded players are playing today we expect tennis of high quality. We hope that the local crowd will push the last remaining Czech in the main event singles to the semi-finals. Jiří Veselý is clashing Krajinovic of Serbia in the first match on the Centre Court. “I’ve won two of our three head-to-head matches. He’s a top hundred player and I believe his quality will make me play better. He’s a skilled player but he’s not one of the fastest,” said defending champion Veselý.
The match between Marcel Granollers and Joao Souza is also very promising. The Spaniard is the third seed and Souza of Brazil is the seventh seed. The young talented Djere of Serbia who has defeated the top seed Martin Kližan is playing another seeded player, his native Dusan Lajovic today. Last but not least, qualifier Uladzimir Ignatik is playing Andre Ghem of Brazil in the last quarter-final match, .
Doubles semi-final matches will start at 1.00 p.m. on Court No. 1 and will feature the two highest seeded couples. Julian Knowle and Philipp Oswald of Austria are clashing the Belorussian-Russian couple Sergej Betov and Michail Elgin in the first match, Mateusz Kowalczyk (Poland) and Igor Zelenay (Slovakia) are playing Nicholas Monroe (USA) and Artem Sitak (NZL). The latter couple has knocked out the Czech-Slovak couple Adam Pavlásek and Norbert Gombos.
