07.09.2020 18:43:52 | The first round of MONETA Czech Open tournament saw Jiří Lehečka up against Frederico Ferreira Silva of Portugal, a stable world’s second-hundred player. The domestic player of TK AGROFERT, who was given a wild card, started the match fearlessly and won the very tight first set in a tiebreak. The Portuguese leveled up and was leading 4:2 in the third set. However, Lehečka fought hard and finally celebrated victory after almost three hours.
“It was really hard. The opponent made almost no mistakes. The third set looked rather bad when I was losing 2:4, but I managed to turn the match around and I’m really happy about it,“ said Lehečka and admitted that the match cost him a lot of energy. “I had cramps at the end, but it does not matter. You regenerate fast when you win. My team will help me get ready for the following days,“ said Lehečka. What did Jaroslav Navrátil, the chief coach of TK AGROFERT, who trains him along with his son Michal have to say about it? “It was a very difficult match. Ferreira Silva plays perfectly from the base line. He makes no mistakes. Jiří had to win it himself, his opponent did not help him much. I appreciated that he found enough energy in the tight match and turned it around when he was losing in the third set. Moreover, he proved he was physically fit,“ said Navrátil. In the next round Lehečka is to meet Nikola Milojevič (ATP 145), a second-hundred ATP player who knocked out the fourth seeded Jaume Munar of Spain in the first round.
