Jiri Lehecka stuns Blaz Rola 6-4 7-64 in the 2nd round in the Prague Challenger on Monday. Lehecka will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Sumit Nagal in the 3rd round.
Score, report, and key facts
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Lehecka conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-4).
The Czech converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Blaz was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They contested 68 points. Lehecka was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than Rola (36-32). The Czech conceded 11 points on serve (23-11). On the losing side, Blaz conceded 13 points on serve (21-13).
The Czech won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 4th (1-3) and in the 12th (6-6) game, Lehecka broke back in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 7-4.
The Czech failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 15.
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Lehecka won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 2-5 to 6-5.
Tiebreak
The Czech won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (3-2) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the Slovenian won a minibreak in the 2nd (1-1) point.
Lehecka won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-c
Jiri converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 8th (3-5 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Rola converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had his opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 6th (4-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (5-2 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 15-40).
They contested 91 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Jiri won just 3 more points than the Slovenian (47-44). Jiri lost 20 points on serve (28-20). on the other side of the net, Blaz conceded 19 points on serve (24-19).
Lehecka will add to his prize money € 860 after winning this match. He has won already € 2,180 after this win. If he wins the next match, Jiri will add € 1,530 to his earnings to earn € 3,710 in total.
Match Statistics
At the end of the match, Jiri scored 83 points vs. Rola’s 76.
Jiri served exceptionally well to win 77% of the points (37/48) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 41% points (14/34) on his second serve. The Czech won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points as he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, the Slovenian had some problems converting his break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Lehecka and Rola is 1-0 for Jiri.
Draw and next match H2H: Jiri Lehecka vs. Sumit Nagal – stats
Lehecka will face Nagal in the 3rd round.
There is no head to head record between Jiri Lehecka and Sumit Nagal since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Prague Challenger
- Elias YmerYmer – Martin KlizanKlizan (6-2 2-6 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Jiri VeselyVesely (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Yannick MadenMaden – Arthur De GreefDe Greef (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Michael VrbenskyVrbensky – Steven DiezDiez (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Ernests GulbisGulbis – Andrew PaulsonPaulson (7-5 5-7 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Jan SatralSatral (6-3 3-6 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (5-7 6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Oscar OtteOtte – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber – Mats MoraingMoraing (6-1 7-63) – Stats and score progression
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-1 4-6 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Blaz RolaRola (6-4 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (6-0 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-3 5-7 4-1 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Sebastian OfnerOfner (7-67 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (2-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras (4-6 6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber – Michael VrbenskyVrbensky (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Oscar OtteOtte (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ernests GulbisGulbis – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Yannick MadenMaden (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Elias YmerYmer – Tomas MachacMachac (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Sumit NagalNagal (0-0) – H2H details and stats
