The Czech Republic also passed South Korea after winning Spain on his debut and approaching Final 8 of Malaga of Davis cup. Jiri Lehecka made the score 2-0 after losing Soonwoo Kwon (6-1, 7-5). before, Tomas Macac was defeated Seong Chan Hong by 7-6 (8), 4-6 and 6-2. The double will decide the final score.
Lehecka scored his second point on Thursday in 1 hour and 11 minutes, confirming the victory of the Czechs in this tie, which is approaching the Final Eight in Malaga, and making life more complicated for Spainforced to beat Serbia and South Korea to maintain any chance of qualifying.
If Spain does not surprise Serbia tomorrow, the Czech Republic will qualify for the final in Malaga.
Lehecka was flawless in the first set against Kwon, where she only conceded the fourth game. The Czech took advantage of the Korean’s weakness, far from his best level and barely competing in the last six months due to a shoulder injury, to crush him and outlast him in twenty-three minutes.
The second set looked like it would be easy for the Czech number one, but Kwon tied at two and came back to take the lead for the first time (2-3). The match was even and the Korean refused to give up, recovering from 0-40 in the eighth game to tie again (4-4). Kwon raised himself in the face of his rival’s doubts, but Lehecka reacted and got a break in the ninth game to tie the win on the next serve.
Tomas Macchac suffered on Thursday in 2 hours and 48 minutes to defeat Hong 7-6(8), 4-6 and 6-2 and thus added the Czech Republic’s first point against South Korea in final stage of group C of the Davis Cup held in Valencia.
It took the Czech tennis player more than an hour and ten minutes to win the first set against the Korean, who changed the pace of his game and exchanged blows to hurt Machac, who was inaccurate with his forehand, but finally got the leading partial to a tight tie break where they won 10-8.
The second set is coming soon. Macchac was not aggressive and found a way to distance the Korean tennis player, who played a good game without breaking and waiting for the right moment to hurt the Serbian. Hong took the lead for the first time in the set (2-3) and left the Czech, who did not react, and the Korean confident in his tennis to force a third set.
But Machac was more aggressive and solid in the third set against Hong, who had to be treated in the third game for problems in the adductor area, to score the first point of the day.
Source: La Verdad
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