07.06.2023 16:27:46 | In the match against Jelle Sels of Netherlands (169th ATP), the top-seeded Jiří Lehečka only took lead and confirmed his role as the favourite in the first set tiebreak. In the second set he took a 4:1 lead and eventually struggled his way through to the next round after beating his tenacious opponent 6:3. Lehečka was the better player on the court in the course of the two-hour match; however, he failed to hold his one-break advantage in the first set and had to fight for victory in a tiebreak.
In the second set, however, he took a 3:1 lead after breaking his opponent’s serve and carried the advantage to the end of the match. "I have already played my opponent twice before and I know that if he plays a better player, his performance goes up. This also proved to be the case today. It is a hard-fought victory, but such a victory is twice as valuable," said Lehečka who will face Lukáš Klein of Slovakia in the next round. "His game is similar to mine as he hits the balls aggressively. It won't be an easy job," said the UniCredit Czech Open top seed. Let's point out that Klein of Slovakia appeared in the semi-finals of the UniCredit Czech Open last year in which he lost to Dalibor Svrčina.
