30.05.2016 15:23:38 | Jaroslav Pospíšil made his way through to the qualification final. The match against the top seeded Juan Souza of Brazil was a gate to the main event for him. Pospíšil won the first set and managed to level up with Souza from 5:2 to 5:5 in the second one. Then, a double fault put him down and he lost the second set 5:7. In the third set, Pospíšil had the lower hand. Souza took the lead to 5:1 very quickly, Pospíšil managed to reduce the lead to 3:5, but it was about all he could do... What were the results of the remaining qualification matches?
Demoliner of Brazil defeated Jankovič of Serbia 6:2, 6:3, Londero of Argentina beat Areval of Salvador 6:2, 2:6, 7:6(5), and Fucsovics of Hungary ousted Popek of Kazakhstan 7:6(3), 6:2. It was already clear in the course of the matches that one of the losers of the qualification finals will appear in the main event since Pere Riba of Spain had withdrawn from the tournament. He retired from the final match against Guido Andreozzi at the Challenger in Vicenze on Sunday after he had lost six games. Riba was stopped by a back injury...
