Tennis player Jiří Lehečka will play the semifinals at the tournament in Doha. The 21-year-old Czech defeated world fifth player Andrei Rublev of Russia 4:6, 6:4 and 6:3 in today’s quarter-finals.
Lehečka lost the first set to the number one seed, but after that she stepped up and the tournament winner from 2020, Rubljov, started getting short streaks. The world number 52 decided to win the second set with a break of 5:4 and quickly built up a 3:0 lead in the third, which he held on to without difficulty.
“The last two months have been great. I’ve improved everything. Especially my psychology on the court. At the Next Gen tournament, I gained confidence and learned to cope,” Lehečka recalled in an on-court interview about her last participation. in the Champions Tournament for Under-21 players, which concluded last season and followed that up this year with his performances.
Lehečka, who earned her second win over a top 10 player in the world, will be playing in the semifinals on the ATP circuit for the second time. He advanced to the last four for the first time last year in Rotterdam.
His opponent is 35-year-old Murray, who is ranked 70th after a lingering health problem. He battled twenty-six-year-old Muller, who advanced to the main competition in Qatar from qualifying, for just over two hours. He also had to play a three-set duel in the opening two rounds.
For his first participation in the final, Lehečka will play former world number one Andy Murray. The British three-time Grand Slam champion also defeated Frenchman Alexander Muller in three sets after a 4:6, 6:1, 6:2 turnaround.
Men’s Doha Tennis Tournament (hard surface, subsidy $1,485,775):
Singles – quarter-finals: Lehečka (Czech Republic) – Rublyov (1-Rus.) 4:6, 6:4, 6:3.
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