TENNIS ONLINE: Czech-Slovak Friendship Cup starts! Urve Merry first point?

Veselý tries to confirm his role as the favorite in the fight with Lukáš Klein. Matches of Lukáš Rosol or Markéta Vondroušová will follow. Tennis matches for selections from 14 years to Davis Cup and Fed Cup teams are another event to play after the coronavirus break. You can watch the matches of Czech tennis players live on ČT Sport or in an online report on our Sport.cz website

From left, Slovak tennis players Lukáš Klein and Norbert Gombos and Czech tennis players Lukáš Rosol and Jiří Veselý will present themselves today in the matches of the Czech-Slovak Friendship Cup

Ondrej Deml, ČTK

As part of the project of tennis associations of both countries Together for the Future, tennis players in Prague, Říčany and Bratislava will compete today and on Sunday. The country with more wins will become the owner of the meter high cup, in the state of 5: 5 it would decide a larger number of won individual matches.

The 65th player in the world, Veselý, will face Lukáš Klein at the beginning, then Lukáš Rosol will face Norbert Gombos. The Daviscup teams will play on the clay of Sparta in Stromovka.

Slovak tennis player Norbert Gombos (left) and Czech tennis player Jiří Veselý are vying for the Friendship Cup. Who will get it?

Ondrej Deml, ČTK

The tennis players will compete in Bratislava and the duel will be played by last year’s finalist Roland Garros and the world eighteen Vondroušová against Anna Karolína Schmiedlová. The biggest star Petra Kvitová will not let her injured forearm into the court again.

Kvitova recovered from her injuries