NAPLES/STARNBERG, March 26, 2025
Two players from the Czech Republic booked their places in the quarterfinals of the Napoli Tennis Cup. Vit Kopriva remained untroubled in his second-round match against Frenchman Calvin Hemery, winning 6-1, 6-3 on Wednesday.
The 27-year-old Bilovec native converted five of his 13 break-point chances to advance in one hour and 33 minutes. Kopriva will next take on Federico Arnaboldi of Italy, who rallied past Romanian alternate Filip Cristian Jianu 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 in one hour and 57 minutes.
In the top half of the draw of the ATP Challenger Tour 125 clay-court event Dalibor Svrcina knocked off No. 8 seed Chun-Hsin Tseng of Chinese Taipei 6-3, 7-5. The 22-year-old from Ostrava capitalized on five of his six break-point opportunities and won 56 per cent of the total points played to succeed in one hour and 53 minutes.
What a way to bring up match point!
Dalibor Svrcina moves on in Naples, defeating Tseng in straight sets 6-3 7-5 #ATPChallenger pic.twitter.com/pVjxaFwCMf
— ATP Challenger Tour (@ATPChallenger) March 26, 2025
Up next for Svrcina will be Murkel Dellien of Bolivia, who stopped the run of Swedish qualifier Elias Ymer, winning 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-0. The encounter lasted two hours and 25 minutes.
