04.06.2024 10:57:32 | The UniCredit Czech Open continues with the first-round matches, and Czech tennis is set to be well represented today. The first match will feature the three-time champion of the Prostejov Challenger, thirty-year-old Jiri Vesely (ATP 239th) who won the Advantage Cars Prague Open 2024 by Sport-Technik Bohemia tournament in Prague's Stvanice a month ago. There, he defeated Belgian Gauthier Onclin in his first final since February 2022 in an almost three-hour match. He will face twenty-one-year-old Austrian Lukas Neumayer (ATP 228th), who achieved this year’s greatest success in Tenerife and Zadar, where he reached the quarter-finals. He also defeated his compatriot Dominik Tiem in Croatia.
The second match will see a member of the Prostejov tennis club, twenty-six-year-old Vitaly Sachko (ATP 195th), whose greatest success this year was when he qualified for the main competition at the ATP tournament in Hong Kong. He also reached R16 in Ostrava, Barcelona, and Madrid. He will face Frenchman Ugo Blanchet (ATP 160th), who advanced to the main draw at the ATP tournament in Montpellier this year and reached the final at the challenger in Oeiras.
The third match on the centre court will feature twenty-six-year-old Vit Kopriva (ATP 127th), the champion of UniCredit Czech Open from 2022. He recently fought his way into the main draw at this year's Australian Open, giving a hard time to Sebastian Korda, and advanced to the main event in Doha and Miami, where he defeated a top-100 opponent. In Prostejov, he will face thirty-two-year-old Stefano Travaglia of Italy, who has won five challenger titles in his career. This year, he appeared in the semifinals in Koblenz and Rome, and reached the final in Tenerife.
Today’s final singles match on Centre Court will showcase the defending champion Dalibor Svrcina (ATP 192nd), who recently reached the quarterfinals in New Delhi, the semifinals in Chennai, and advanced to the main draw at the ATP tournament in Montpellier. He will face twenty-three-year-old Frenchman Valentin Royer (ATP 198th), who reached the semifinals at Oeiras, the final in Tunis, and won the ITF tournament in Santa Margherita di Pula.
