Jiri Vesely

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CH Eckental: tytuł Veselego.

Challenger Eckental (Eckental, Germany): On Saturday, Jiri Vesely saved a match point to reach the final. One day later, the Czech was lifting the trophy at the House of Sports Eckental. Vesely ended the fairytale run of Steve Darcis, prevailing 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 to claim his seventh ATP Challenger Tour title and first since 2017. The 26-year-old rises 15 spots to No. 104 in the ATP Rankings.
Darcis, meanwhile, was competing in his final match on the Challenger circuit. The Belgian veteran, who announced he will retire from pro tennis in January, is a two-time ATP Tour champion and 10-time Challenger winner.

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2019 w liczbach:

Ranking: 106
Bilans meczów: 9-11
Tytuły: 0
Finały: 0
Zarobki: $420,236

[Damian]

Berankis, Vesely Advance To Pune QFs

Spoiler:

Vesely edges Caruso

Second seed Ricardas Berankis recovered from a slow start, saving two set points at 4-5 in the first set, before beating Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 7-6(2), 6-1 in one hour and 42 minutes on Wednesday for a place in the Tata Open Maharashtra quarter-finals. He’ll next challenge fifth seed Yuichi Sugita, who advanced without hitting a ball when qualifier Viktor Troicki pulled out due to a fever.

Jiri Vesely battled hard to overcome seventh seed Salvatore Caruso 7-6(5), 6-4 in one hour and 51 minutes. He now plays Ilya Ivashka, who defeated third seed Stefano Travaglia 7-6(5), 7-6(3) in two hours.

In first-round action, Taro Daniel, the winner of an ATP Challenger Tour title in Burnie (d. Hanfmann) on Sunday, knocked out wild card Sasikumar Mukund 6-2, 7-6(7) in one hour and 40 minutes. He will next challenge sixth seed James Duckworth.

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[Damian]

Vesely Saves 4 M.P. To Reach Pune Final

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Czech to meet Gerasimov in final

For the second straight day, Jiri Vesely saved match points in a final-set tie-break to keep his title hopes alive at the Tata Open Maharashtra.

After surviving two match points during his quarter-final victory against Ilya Ivashka on Friday, the unseeded Czech saved four match points to outlast Ricardas Berankis 6-7(8), 7-6(3), 7-6(7) on Saturday, advancing to his first ATP Tour final in nearly five years.

“I am very happy with my performance and my fighting spirit.” said Vesely. “I didn’t give up… In total he had four match points and I kept fighting. It just paid off today.”

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The World No. 107, who trailed 3/6 in the final-set tie-break, landed 28 aces and won six of the final seven points to triumph after three hours and two minutes. Vesely will attempt to lift his second trophy in his third tour-level championship match, following 2015 final appearances at the ASB Classic (d. Mannarino) and Bucharest (l. to Garcia-Lopez).

“I am really happy to be in a final again after almost five years,” said Vesely. “I hope I can keep the momentum. I hope I can use these two matches where I turned the match around and use it as an advantage. I will play with a lot of confidence tomorrow and I will go for it, that’s for sure.”

The 6’6” left-hander levels his ATP Head2Head series against Berankis at 1-1. At last year’s US Open, Berankis defeated Vesely in five sets to reach the second round.

Vesely will meet eighth seed Egor Gerasimov for the title. The Belarusian advanced to his maiden ATP Tour final with a 7-6(2), 6-4 win against sixth seed James Duckworth.

Competing at a career-high No. 90 in the FedEx ATP Rankings, Gerasimov dropped just five points behind his first serve (40/45) and did not face a break point to overcome the Australian after 90 minutes. Gerasimov and Vesely have never met at tour-level, but the Belarusian defeated Vesely in their only previous match in the second qualifying round at last year’s Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.

“I think I was playing pretty well. My first final of an ATP [Tour event]. Everyone is dreaming about this. I am very happy.” said Gerasimov.

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[Barty]

Vesely Jumps Back Into Top 100, Mover Of Week

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ATPTour.com looks at the top Movers of the Week in the FedEx ATP Rankings, as of Monday, 10 February 2020

No. 72 Jiri Vesely, +35
The Czech rises back into the Top 100 of the FedEx ATP Rankings for the first time since 13 May 2019 with his second ATP Tour title at the Tata Open Maharashtra (d. Gerasimov). Vesely became only the eighth player since 2013 to save match points in two matches en route to an ATP Tour crown. The former World No. 35 saved two match points to beat Ilya Ivashka in a final-set tie-break in the quarter-finals and survived four match points in another deciding-set tie-break against Ricardas Berankis in the semi-finals.

No. 26 Cristian Garin (Career High), +5
The Chilean rose five spots to break into the Top 30 for the first time at a career-high No. 26 after he captured his second ATP Tour crown at the Cordoba Open (d. Schwartzman). He lifted his first trophy in January 2015 at the ASB Classic (d. Mannarino).

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Other Notable Movers
No. 39 Filip Krajinovic, +5
No. 58 Pablo Andujar, +5
No. 65 Ricardas Berankis, +8
No. 71 Egor Gerasimov (Career High), +19
No. 83 James Duckworth, +13
No. 93 Andrej Martin (Career High), +7

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[Damian]

Vesely Joins Exclusive Club After Lifting Pune Title

Spoiler:

Czech lifts second ATP Tour title
Five years after capturing his maiden ATP Tour title in Auckland, Jiri Vesely added a second trophy to his collection on Sunday to complete a dramatic week at the Tata Open Maharashtra.
The Czech fired 26 aces to beat Egor Gerasimov 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-3 and become only the eighth player since 2013 to save match points in two matches en route to an ATP Tour crown. Vesely saved two match points to overcome Ilya Ivashka in a final-set tie-break to reach the semi-finals and advanced to the championship match after surviving four match points in another final-set tie-break against Ricardas Berankis.
“I have to be realistic. I had a lot of luck in the week, saving six match points [across] two matches in a row,” said Vesely. “I think that happens once in a lifetime, maybe, you never know… Two matches in a row, especially in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, is really big.”
Players To Win A Tournament After Saving Match Points In Two Matches (Since 2013)
Year Player Tournament Round/Players Defeated
2020 Jiri Vesely Pune QF (Ilya Ivashka) & SF (Ricardas Berankis)
2018 Bernard Tomic Chengdu 2R (Lloyd Harris) & F (Fabio Fognini)
2017 Victor Estrella Burgos Quito 2R (Ivo Karlovic) & F (Paolo Lorenzi)
2017 Feliciano Lopez London/Queens's Club QF (Tomas Berdych) & F (Marin Cilic)
2016 Dominic Thiem Rio de Janeiro 2R (Gastao Elias) & SF (Rafael Nadal)
2016 Martin Klizan Rotterdam QF (Roberto Bautista Agut) & SF (Nicolas Mahut)
2015 Rajeev Ram Newport 1R (John Isner) & QF (Adrian Mannarino)
2013 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Marseille QF (Bernard Tomic) & F (Tomas Berdych)
The 6’6” left-hander improves to 2-1 in ATP Tour finals after winning his maiden ATP Head2Head match against Gerasimov. Vesely reached his first two championship matches in 2015, lifting the trophy in Auckland (d. Mannarino) and finishing as runner-up in Bucharest (l. to Garcia Lopez).
“I am happy with this week,” said Vesely. “I’ve been waiting for it for so long. I have been working hard, very hard, to be with a trophy again.”
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After trading breaks in their opening service games, a tie-break was required to decide the outcome of the first set. Vesely found his best level, landing winners with his backhand and firing powerful serves to establish a 6/2 advantage. Gerasimov struck a short forehand into the net to hand Vesely a one-set lead.
A second tie-break appeared likely, with neither player able to manufacture break points in the opening 10 games of the second set. But Gerasimov struck in the 11th game, driving his backhand to take time away from Vesely and extract multiple errors. The Belarusian levelled the match with an ace out wide, his ninth service winner of the match.
Vesely quickly regrouped, gaining the crucial break of serve in the second game of the deciding set. The Czech won four straight points to break, using his backhand to dictate rallies before ripping a cross-court forehand return to take a 2-0 lead. Vesely maintained his advantage to serve for the title at 5-3 and held to love, capturing the trophy with a strong backhand net approach.
“All the matches throughout the week were really very close,” said Vesely. “It just showed me how important it is to stay calm in the important moments, to try to stick to your guns and try to believe in the important moments that you have all the shots to make it.”
Gerasimov was aiming to become only the second Belarusian to win an ATP Tour singles title. In 2003, Max Mirnyi defeated Raemon Sluiter to lift his only tour-level singles trophy at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam.
“I am taking all the positives from this,” said Gerasimov. “I wish that many more [finals] come.”
Vesely receives 250 FedEx ATP Ranking points and collects $91,625 in prize money. Gerasimov gains 150 ATP Ranking points and earns $50,710.

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#2) Pune 2020



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R1 [WC] Arjun Kadhe 62 64
R2 [7] Salvatore Caruso 76(5) 64
QF Ilja Iwaszka 26 61 76(11)
SF Ricardas Berankis 67(8) 76(3) 76(7)
W [8] Jegor Gierasimow 76(2) 57 63

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Z kronikarskiego obowiązku zaznaczam, że Jurek osiągnął ćwierćfinał turnieju ATP w Cagliari, brawo on.

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Vesely Takes His Chances, Beats Sandgren In Nur-Sultan

Spoiler:

Gerasimov, Sugita also advance to second round

Czech Jiri Vesely worked hard to break down fifth-seeded American Tennys Sandgren's game on Tuesday for a place in the Astana Open second round.

Vesely saved all five break points he faced and hit nine aces in a 6-4, 7-6(7) victory over one hour and 40 minutes. He saved one set point at 6/7 in the second set tie-break with a big serve. Sandgren won 36 of 43 first-service points overall and hit 13 aces.

“It was a very tough match, as Tennys has had very good results on hard courts,” said Vesely, in an on-court interview. “He was a tough opponent for the first round, but I’ve been feeling good. I just focused on my serve and waited for my chance. The surface is pretty fast, so it’s difficult to return and I waited for one or two chances in the tie-break. I was a little bit lucky at the end.”

The World No. 66 next plays Belarusian Egor Gerasimov, the player he beat 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-3 in the Tata Open Maharashtra final on 9 February. Gerasimov knocked out Lloyd Harris of South Africa 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(3) in just over two hours in the Nur-Sultan first round.

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Elsewhere, Japan’s Yuichi Sugita saved seven of 10 break points to beat fellow qualifier Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia and Herzegovina 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 in two hours and seven minutes. He now challenges third-seeded Frenchman Adrian Mannarino.

Italian wild card Andreas Seppi won the final match of day two, beating qualifier Aslan Karatsev of Russia 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 in one hour and 58 minutes. Seppi, who was runner-up at the New York Open (l. to Edmund) in February, now plays sixth-seeded Kazakhstani Alexander Bublik or American Mackenzie McDonald in the second round.

Finland’s Emil Ruusuvuori, who broke into the Top 100 of the FedEx ATP Rankings on 24 August, recorded his fourth tour-level win of the year over Kazakhstani wild card Timofey Skatov 6-2, 6-0 in one hour and now faces eighth seed Jordan Thompson of Australia.

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Best ATP Tour Comebacks Of 2020

5) Jiri Vesely def. Ricardas Berankis, Tata Open Maharashtra, Pune, SF, 8 February 2020

Spoiler:

Jiri Vesely and Ricardas Berankis were both the No. 1 junior in the world. Berankis, 30, is three years older than Vesely, but they both showed their potential before arriving on the ATP Tour.

Both men have earned Top 10 wins and cracked the Top 50 of the FedEx ATP Rankings, but they haven’t consistently gone deep in tournaments week-in and week-out. That made their semi-final at this year’s Tata Open Maharashtra even more important.

Vesely, the 2015 Auckland champion, was pursuing his first final since 2015 Bucharest. Berankis has never won an ATP Tour title.

You might have expected Vesely — who at 6’6” is nine inches taller than the Lithuanian No. 1 — to dictate play in the key moments, but that wasn’t the case. Berankis battled to 6/3 in the final-set tie-break by controlling the action from the baseline, as Vesely — who saved two match points in his Pune quarter-final against Ilya Ivashka — was forced to drop back and defend.

Berankis had four match points in the tie-break, including two that he controlled. At 6/5, he rushed into net to put away a floating forehand volley, but missed in the net. At 7/6, the Lithuanian went for an inside-out forehand winner and missed wide. Instead, Vesely, who hit 28 aces, advanced to the final 6-7(8), 7-6(3), 7-6(7) after three hours and two minutes.

“I am very happy with my performance and my fighting spirit.” said Vesely, who went on to lift his first trophy in more than five years. “I didn’t give up… In total he had four match points and I kept fighting. It just paid off today.”

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2020 w liczbach:

Ranking: 68
Bilans meczów: 12-6
Tytuły: 1 (Pune)
Finały: 0
Zarobki: $317,815