Jonáš Forejtek allowed only five games to Marina Čilič at the premiere on the ATP circuit. The 19-year-old Czech has shown great potential and the world of tennis is learning to pronounce his name. But there is more talk about the Croat’s disgrace. Čilič did not give a performance worthy of the former world troika.
Forejtek is rejoicing at the greatest success of his adult career so far.
He took full advantage of the wild card he received in Sofia and stepped on a man who played finals in three different grand slams during an amazing career and in 2014 raised a trophy in New York.
That’s one way to kick off your ATP career…
2019 junior US Open champion Jonas Forejtek claims an emphatic 6-3 6-2 win over 2014 US Open champion Cilic for his tour-level debut ????#SofiaOpen pic.twitter.com/lvoUDvcKqU
– Tennis TV (@TennisTV) November 9, 2020
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The Czech young man secured an important twenty points in the ranking with an unexpected victory. If the second round in the Bulgarian capital is its final station, it will move 44 places up from 399th place.
Forejtek can also look forward to a financial reward of 7,425 euros, which is almost a third of all his earnings so far.
Forejtek has been in the consciousness of world tennis experts since its triumph at the US Open junior last year, so now its name resonates again.
Tennis TV highlighted the impressive way in which the Czech tennis player kicked his adult career. ATP called his debut “unforgettable”.
Renowned tennis commentator José Morgado said: “The biggest win of Forejtek’s career. Another talent worth watching.” But he added with one breath, “But what did Marin do? Yep.”
It is Čilič’s strange performance that attracts more attention than the success of the Czech young man.
Words like shame, shame, outgoing match are repeated.
And also speculation that the 32-year-old native of Western Herzegovina flew to Bulgaria only for entry fees, however absurd in the context of his career earnings in excess of $ 26.5 million.
A more appropriate explanation for the below-average performance of the Croatian champion is the obvious change in life priorities, which is noticeably reflected in his recent performances.
Čilič recently became a father and on the courts he is the shadow of a former rancher, under whose machine-style the game even the biggest stars suffered. In this year’s shortened year, he was unable to win the quarterfinals in a single tournament and dropped to the current 41st place in the ranking.
The Croatian’s career is probably coming to an end.
Forejtek’s great result should not invalidate these circumstances in any way. For a young Czech, it is first and foremost a huge injection of self-confidence, which he will necessarily need in the next key years in the transition to the unprecedented competitively packed wider world leaders.
In addition, in Sofia, he will strive to push the border further on Wednesday. His opponent in the second round will be the winner of Tuesday’s duel between the legendary Frenchman Richard Gasquet and his Spanish challenger Robert Carballés Baña.
Forejtek can prepare for another big duel and show the scoundrels that Monday was far from just a faulty Čilič.
Meanwhile, a famous video of Czech talent once trained his forehands with a wooden spoon instead of a rocket began circulating on social networks:
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