07.06.2023 16:29:21 | The match between Dalibor Svrčina and Elias Ymer lasted only twenty-eight minutes. The Swedish player had his injured wrist treated after two games and retired from the match at 1:4. Ymer was in pain with every time he played backhand and, considering the upcoming matches during the season, staying the match would have been too risky for him. "It was a reasonable decision by Ymer, his wrist is very stressed during power tennis," said the tournament doctor MUDr. René Kloc.
"Such things happen, I’d rather have battled for the next round," said Svrčina who only saw one positive aspect of the early ending: "I saved some energy for the quarterfinals." Moreover, the TK AGROFERT Prostějov player is well aware that he is defending the points he won in the last year's final, so every victory is valuable to him. Svrčina will meet his teammate Jakub Menšík in the semi-finals.
