Czech Republic’s Dalibor Svrcina stuns prime seed, advances into Round 2 of $15,000 Men’s ITF

On the second day of the primary draw of the $15,000 Men’s ITF Championships, Czech Republic’s Dalibor Svrcina registered the upset of the day as he ousted prime seed Sidharth Rawat. The matches, that are organised by Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association, have been held on the Deccan Gymkhana tennis courts on Wednesday.
The match, which lasted an hour and 28 minutes, noticed Rawat’s clean stride being damaged by the 18-year-old Czech participant, after he pocketed a break level within the fifth recreation of set one. After a tour de power 6-4, 6-1 file win, Svrcina secured his place within the spherical of 16 of the tennis championships.
“We know each other as we have played doubles against each other before, and hence I knew what to expect from him. At the start of the match, I was quite nervous and did not play that well. The second set was better, as he started to become more aggressive in his game and made some easy mistakes,” mentioned Svrcina (ATP rank 863).
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Currently teaching below Jan Masik on the Tk Agrofert Prostejov, the nationwide tennis membership, Svrcina mentioned not solely that is his first event in India however can be his first event of the 12 months. “We had discussed it between us and this is my first tournament this year after the one I participated in Cairo last November. I did not participate in any tournaments between that period as I was training under a new coach and I wanted to improve my game. Masik was ATP 250 so he has plenty of experience and we work hard on my game,” he mentioned.
Meanwhile, newly-crowned nationwide champion Arjun Kadhe (ATP rank 713) tackled angsty moments within the second set to get previous nation mate S D Prajwal Dev 6-3, 7-6(3). Sixth seeded Manish Sureshkumar (ATP rank 666), seasoned participant N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (ATP rank 1350) and left handed qualifier Ishaque Eqbal (ATP rank 696) are the three different Indian gamers a part of the spherical of 16.
Second seeded Irishman Simon Carr (ATP rank 543), third seeded Briton Aidan Mchugh (ATP rank 544), fourth seeded American Oliver Crawford (ATP rank 576), eighth seeded Zane Khan of USA (ATP rank 643) and Czech Republic participant Dominick Palan (ATP rank 927) have been the opposite gamers to make it to the Round 2 of the Men’s ITF, which is able to start on Thursday.