Coria – Molčan 7: 6, 6: 3, Coria triumphed in Prostějov, imitated his brother. Bouzková and Martincová dropped out

Federico Coria (right) and Alex Molčan (left) at the closing ceremony in Prostějov.

Petr Marek, Right

However, the Slovak, who led 4: 1 and 5: 2 in the first set, entered the match, which lasted one hour and 44 minutes. However, he managed the lead. It was similar in the second act, when he led 3: 1, but then he didn’t even get a game. As in every match in the tournament, Coria at least made a mistake in the long exchanges that suited him and benefited from the slower Prostějov clay. He also praised his brother Guillermo for his triumph.

“As I said, at the beginning of the week he sent a photo with the cup he won here. That was a great motivation for me. I am incredibly happy with the victory and I can say that the Cori family loves Prostějov! Of course, in return, I sent my brother a photo with a cup, “he laughed.

The winner of the Prostějov tournament, Federico Coria from Argentina, rejoices with his team.

Jaroslav Svoboda, ČTK

But he admitted that the finals began nervously. “Gradually, however, I was able to build effective tactics against my opponent. I think I managed to put him under pressure, after which he started making more mistakes. Maybe I was a little more experienced. I’m already looking forward to next year, I will definitely want to return to Prostějov, “concluded Coria.

Molčan was very disappointed after the defeat. He knew the Argentine was defeated. “I lacked more striking certainty and most importantly, I shouldn’t have released the gammas that I had well played. However, the concentration was not what I should have, “Molčan regretted.

He was also sorry that he didn’t have the patience he needed at key moments. “I wanted to play something special. But it was useless because my game worked. The risk was too great, and that was the source of the mistakes that got him up and me down again. It was just unbalanced on my part, like on a swing, “added the 180th player in the world.

Bouzková and Martincová finished in Birmingham

The semifinals of the tennis tournament in Birmingham today will be without Czech participation. In the quarterfinal duels, which did not take place on Friday due to rain, the eighth seed Marie Bouzková and Tereza Martincová failed, and their mutual duel on the grass will not happen. Twenty-two-year-old Bouzková lost to American Coco Vandeweghe 4: 6, 4: 6, Martincová did not catch the turn of the match with Darja Kasatkinová and lost to her Russian opponent 4: 6, 6: 2, 0: 6.

Twenty-nine-year-old Vandeweghe, who is returning after a series of injuries, will play in the WTA semifinals after three years. The owner of two titles from the grass tournament in Hertogenbosch, where she was also among the top four in 2018, beat Bouzková in a second match.

Martincová, who also completed a two-round qualification in Birmingham, managed to equalize in the second set after the first set, in which both players had difficulty servicing. In the decisive act, however, she was unable to resist her rival and left with the “canary”.

The winners of the Czech tennis players then competed in the semifinals, in which the tournament duo Kasatkinová succeeded 6: 2, 6: 4 and will play for the fifth title in their career and the first on the grass. Her opponent will be Ons Jaburova from Tunisia. Vandeweghe, returning after a series of injuries, appeared in Birmingham for the first time since 2018 and the tournament in Hertogenbosch. On the grass in the Netherlands, she won both previous titles.

For the doubles trophy

Bouzková had a taste for doubles in Birmingham after being eliminated in the single. Together with Lucie Hradecká, the Ukrainian-Japanese couple Ljudmyla Kičenoková and Makoto Ninomijaová eliminated in the semifinals after sets 7: 5, 6: 3 and will play for the title on Sunday. Together they have already played the finals in Charleston this year.

The winner of the junior singles at Roland Garros, Linda Nosková, did not reach the final at the ITF home clay tournament in Staré Splavy. The 16-year-old tennis player lost in the semifinals to the two-year-old Chinese Cheng Qing-wen 5: 7, 4: 6.

Nosková, who is in the middle of the seventh hundred in the world rankings, did not manage the WTA end of the set against the 245th player. The Chinese will compete for the title with Serbian Aleksandra Kruničová on Sunday.

Rublyov and Humbert for the premiere title on the grass

Russian Andrej Rubljov and Frenchman Ugo Humbert will compete for the first grass title at the tournament in Halle. Both made it to the finals on this surface for the first time in their careers. The fourth-seeded Rublyov defeated the Georgian Nikolaos Basilashvili 6: 1, 3: 6, 6: 3 in the semifinals, Humbert also eliminated the Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime in three sets 6: 4, 3: 6, 7: 6.

The 23-year-old Rubljov will strive for the ninth title in his career at the twelfth final start on Sunday and the second this year. A year younger, however, Humbert still has a 100% balance in the final duels, he turned both last year’s attempts into a title win.

The only mutual match was won last year by the world’s seventh player Rubljov in the hall in St. Petersburg.