The 20-year-old from Mladá Boleslav defeated the 32nd player in the world for the first time in his career and avenged Dimitrov’s elimination from this year’s Australian Open. Lehečka moved on to the second round of the ATP tournament after two previous failures. At the end of September he was eliminated in the introduction in Meta and Sofia. Prior to the tournament in Sweden, he reached the challenger’s 2nd round in Mouilleron-Le-Captif.
The Davis Cup representative, who a month ago helped the Czech team against Israel stay in elite society, decided on triumph in the dramatic third set. Although Lehečka lost the advantage of 4: 1, in a small game he won five balls in a row by 2: 5 and took advantage of the first match point after almost two and a half hours. In the game, he used five aces and played 32 winning balls.
The 26-year-old Siniaková in the duel with Maia Haddad took the opponent right at the beginning of the match of service, but did not maintain the advantage and only won the initial draw thanks to the second break in the eleventh game. She had a good start to the second set as well, in which she quickly took the lead of 4: 0 and this time she didn’t allow any complications.
In Mexico, his doubles partner Barbora Krejčíková, with whom he forms the first seeded doubles, will also play singles today. Marie Bouzková and Tereza Martincová will compete in the Czech duel in the first round, Karolína Plíšková will also participate in the tournament.
| STOCKHOLM (hard surface, grant 725.540 euros): |
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| Singles – 1st round: |
| Lehečka (Czech Republic) – Dimitrov (6-Bulgaria) 6: 4, 1: 6, 7: 6 (7: 5) |
| De Minaur (5-Austr.) – Bonzi (Fr.) 6: 3, 6: 1 |
| Bellier (Switzerland) – Shevchenko (Russia) 6: 4, 6: 2 |
| Rusuvuori (Fin.) – J. Sousa (Portugal) 6: 3, 6: 2. |
| ANTWERP (hard surface, grant 725.540 euros): |
| Singles – 1st round: |
| Stricker (Švýc.) – Van de Zandschulp (7-Niz.) 6: 2, 6: 4 |
| Nišioka (8-Japanese) – Van Assche (Fr.) 5: 7, 6: 2, 7: 6 (7: 1) |
| Lestienne (Fr.) – De Jong (Niz.) 6: 3, 6: 4 |
| Munar (Sp.) – Van Rijthoven (Niz.) 6: 7 (7: 9), 6: 4, 7: 6 (7: 4). |
| NAPLES (hard surface, grant € 612,000): |
| Singles – 1st round: |
| Borges (Portugal) – Ramos (7-Sp.) 7: 5, 7: 6 (7: 5) |
| Cachín (Arg.) – Mannarino (8-Fri) 6: 1, 3: 6, 6: 4 |
| Daniel (Japan) – Martínez (Spain) 6: 3, 6: 3 |
| Galán (Col.) – Zapata (Sp.) 6: 4, 6: 4. |
| GUADALAJARA (hard surface, $ 2,527,250 grant): |
| Singles – 1st round: |
| Siniaková (Czech Republic) – Haddadová Maiaová (11-Bras.) 7: 5, 6: 2 |
| Ostapenko (12-Lot.) – Davis (USA) 6: 1, 6: 3 |
| Cocciarettova (It.) – Potapova (Russia) 6: 2, 6: 1 |
| Frechová (Pol.) – Putintsevová (Kaz.) 6: 3, 6: 4. |
