07.09.2020 09:48:58 | Opening matches of the first round of MONETA Czech Open at the National Tennis Center Moravia’s AGROFERT Arena will feature three Czech players. Dalibor Svrčina will be the first one appear on the scene. He received a wild card for the tournament, like Jiří Lehečka. The seventeen year old Czech will meet the third seeded Stefano Travaglia of Italy (ATP 87) who lost to Jordan Thompson in the opening match at US Open.
Then, the clay center court will see Jiří Lehečka vs. Silva Frederico Ferreira (ATP 193) who advanced from the qualification. The Portuguese absolutely dominated over Victor Troicki of Serbia (ATP 184) whom he defeated in the first qualification round, and then Teymuraz Gabashviliho in the second one. Lukáš Rosol is the third Czech hope who got lucky in Prostějov: even though he lost to Safiullin of Russia in the qualification final, he advance to the main event after Tallon Griekspoor of Netherlands retired. He will face another qualifier Filip Horanský of Slovakia who ousted excellent Carlos Taberner of Spain. All in all, a total of five Czechs will appear in the main event. In addition to the three ones who are to appear on the center court, the main event will also see Zdeněk Kolář who also received a wild card. He will play the top seed and the hardest opponent Pablo Andujar of Spain (ATP 56) who is the defending champion in Prostějov. The second seed is Jiří Veselý who will meet Ilya Ivashka of Belarus.
