06.06.2017 17:15:17 | The second seeded Jiri Vesely confirmed his superiority in the first round of UniCredit Czech Open, the Kazakh player Dmitry Popko could only keep pace with the Czech number two until the ninth game of the first set. In the seventh match, Vesely first broke Kazakh's serve and after that the match was completely under Vesely's control – 6:4, 6:0! The 2014 and 2015 champion, 2013 finalist knows very well that the third title is an option.
"I would have to do much better than today, though. Unfortunately I am still not feeling very well. I caught a cold at Roland Garros and cannot get rid of it," says Jiri Vesely who came to the press conference with a dog named Leo. Radek Stepanek did a similar thing in 2013, he came to meet the journalists with a dog named Skubanek (Gnocco) and he said the dog had brought him good luck. Who knows, maybe Vesely's fluffy Leo will have the same powers.
