06.06.2017 16:52:52 | This is Tommy Robredo's second time in Prostejov. In 2013, his first time, he only spent one day at UniCredit Czech Open. "This year I am definitely staying longer," he said. In 2013 he was the second seeded in Prostejov and 31st ATP. "He had a training session in the morning, and during that training he renewed an old injury and decided not to participate in the tournament," said the tournament manager Jaroslav Navratil. "He acted as a true professional, it was much more fair not to start playing rather than play two or three games and then say he could not continue. Not to mention the money... Robredo said he was not a hundred per cent fit to perform his best at our tournament," Navratil added.
This year Robredo was given a wildcard and he beat Jerzy Janowicz of Poland in the first round in a tiebreak of the third set. "It was a difficult match, Janowicz has a good serve, the balls are very fast and the bounce is not so good. But I stayed focused till the end and I had the luck, too, so I won," said the Spaniard after the match. "It was not easy, only a few balls decided."
Thirty-five years old Tommy Robredo was the fifth in the world at the end of August 2006, he was the man of Grand Slam quarterfinals, he was five times among the last eight at Roland Garros, once in Melbourne, in 2004, 2008 and 2009 he was a member of a Davis Cup winning team. It has been a long time since one of the life style magazines chose him as the Spaniard with the best taste. He does not have a problem posing for non sports magazines and the photos show that he enjoys it. He is not shy either. In June 2007 he posed naked with his racket for the Cosmopolitan. He wanted to draw attention to the risk of testicular and prostate cancer. "When they first came, I told them straight away: No chance! But when they explained me that it is part of a charity project, I changed my mind," Tommy Robredo explained.
