Jonáš Forejtek sensationally eliminated Marina Čilič at the tournament in Sofia
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In 2014, Marin Čilič won the US Open Grand Slam. Three years later, he played for the title at Wimbledon, and the season later at the Autralian Open. In the same year, he was the world number three. Since then, however, the career of the 31-year-old tennis player has waned.
However, this does not change the success of one of the greatest talents of Czech tennis. Jonáš Forejtek from the position of the 399th player in the world completely dismantled his thirteen years more experienced juice from 3: 3 in the first set, when he won seven games in a row and the frustrated 41st tennis player could not find the answer.
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And the Croatian media certainly did not leave the collapse of their star unnoticed. “A shocking defeat at the end of the season, which Čilič will try to forget as soon as possible. He was defeated by the 399th tennis player, 19-year-old Czech Jonas Forejtek! Marin was completely out of the game from the beginning of the match. Čilič will close the season at best as the 41st player in the world, his worst ranking since 2007, when he was nineteen, “beats his star on hts.hr.
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Marin Čilič in the first round match with Jonáš Forejtek
After Čilič’s debacle, another Croatian server, sportske.hr, used far sharper expressions. “It took a little over an hour for the young Czech to win his first victory on the ATP circuit. Against Marina Čilič, the most desperate tennis player in the world,” the server does not spare criticism.
Jonáš Forejtek is already sure that thanks to advancing to the second round, he will move to roughly 355th place in the ranking, which is also his maximum so far. And that doesn’t have to end there. His next opponent will be the 49th player in the world, the Frenchman Richard Gasquet.
Will the winner of the junior US Open follow up on his sensational win on Monday?
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