Nineteen-year-old tennis player Jonas Forejtek advanced to the 2nd round of the tournament in Sofia during his debut on the ATP circuit. He managed the premiere among the elite in a duel with the eighth-seeded Marin Čilič, and defeated the Croatian thirteen years older smoothly 6: 3, 6: 2. Kateřina Siniaková did not cross the first round in Linz even during the sixth start here. The Czech national team lost 3: 6, 4: 6 to the fourth Russian, Ekaterina Alexandrovova, with whom she lost the opening duel in Austria two years ago.
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Jonáš Forejtek in the archive picture from the Davis Cup.
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Forejtek, who closes the fourth hundred in the current ATP rankings, starts in Bulgaria in the main wild card competition. The match with the winner of the US Open from 2014 was decided by a successful passage at the turn of both sets. From 3: 3 in the opening set, he gained seven games in a row and did not take a 4-0 lead in the second. After 67 minutes of play, he turned into a fourth match ball.
To advance to the quarterfinals, Forejtek will face the winner of the duel between the Spaniard Robert Carballés and Richard Gasquet from France.
Serbian Djokovic started the 294th week at the top of the tennis rankings
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Twenty-four-year-old Siniak started the seventh match with Alexandrov’s loss of serve and did not save the opening set. Although she entered the second with a break, she did not manage the end of the set. In the eighth game, she lost service again and her opponent did not let go of the match.
| Women’s Tennis Tournament in Linz (hard surface, $ 225,500 grant): |
| Singles – Round 1: |
| Alexandrovová (4-Rus.) – Siniaková (CZE) 6: 3, 6: 4 |
| Sasnovicova (BEL) – Pera (8-USA) 6: 3, 6: 1 |
| Gračovová (RUS) – Zavacká (UKR) 6: 4, 7: 5 |
| Minnen (Belg.) – Jastremska (3-UKR) 6: 4, 6: 3 |
| Men’s tennis tournament in Sofia (hard surface, subsidy 389 270 euros): |
| Singles – Round 1: |
| Forejtek (CZE) – Čilič (8-Croatia) 6: 3, 6: 2 |
| Karacev (Rus.) – Daniel (Jap.) 7:6 (7:2), 6:1 |
| Gerasimov (BEL) – Troicki (SRB) 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3 |
| Caruso (It.) – Kuzmanov (Bulh.) 4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4 |
| Mannarino (5-Fr.) – Kližan (SR) 3: 6, 6: 1, 7: 5 |
| Hüsler (Switzerland) – Basilashvili (7-GEO) 6: 1, 4: 6, 7: 6 (8: 6) |
| Pospisil (CAN) – Marchenko (UKR) 6: 2, 5: 7, 7: 6 (7: 5) |
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