01.06.2016 15:40:55 | Adam Pavlásek defeated No. 7 seed Rogeiro Dutra Silva (85th ATP) in the second round of the UniCredit Czech Open (85.). He has improved his head-to-head stats to 1:2 and advanced to the quarter-final. “It was a very tough match for me. The opponent had the upper hand in the first set. He played very fast and I didn’t have the strength to match him. I improved my performance in the second set which was fairy equal. It went to tiebreak which I finally won, but it could have easily been the opponent. It was very tight, there was a number of breaks and it was only decided by one or two balls. We played the third set and I’m glad I had a good start.
At 3:0 and 4:1, Dutra Silva gave up trying to turn the match over. He did not break down physically, but mentally. He was only one point from victory and, all of a sudden, he was losing 1:4 in the third set. The tiebreak in the second set was a key moment for me. It was where the match turned over. It was very important that I found strength in me and won the tiebreak,“ said Adam Pavlásek. He has won two matches at the UniCredit Czech Open so far. He needs to win three more to receive the champion’s cup on Saturday. “I like to recollect the tournament in 2014. I made it through to the semi-final and I wouldn’t complain if I could repeat it this year,“ said Adam Pavlásek. In the semi-final, he will meet Cervantes of Spain with whom he has bad head-to-head statistics 0:3. Pavlásek suffered all three defeats the last year: at the Challengers in Prague, Ostrava, and Mersin.
