06.09.2020 17:44:58 | MONETA Czech Open started with qualification rounds on Saturday and Sunday saw four players who advanced to the main event. There were only three Czechs in the draw, let alone Lukáš Rosol and Jonáš Forejtek (WC) played one another. The experienced Davis Cup representative Rosol won decisively 6:2, 6:2. Vít Kopřiva was also given a wild card, but he lost to Roman Safiullin (ATP 179) 3:6, 6:7(6).
It rained in Prostějov on Saturday evening and Sunday morning and the program on the exterior courts had to be suspended. However, all matches were smoothly played in the end. In the first center court match, Safiullin of Russia defeated Kopřiva in the first round and then ousted Rosol 6:3, 6:4 in the second one. Rosol then advanced to the main event as a lucky loser. Who else advanced to the main event? Alexandar Vukic of Australia, Safiulin of Russia, Filip Horanský of Slovakia and Ferreira Silva Frederico of Portugal (ATP 193). The Portuguese’s journey to the main event was probably the hardest. However, he decisively defeated Victor Troicki of Serbia (ATP 184) in the first round and experienced Teymurasz Gabashvili (ATP 259) of Russia in the second one.
