QUIMPER, January 31, 2020

Zdenek Kolar headlined Thursday’s third-round action at the Open Quimper Bretagne Occidentale by knocking out the top seed of the €46,600 ATP Challenger Tour event. The No. 14 seed from the Czech Republic defeated Spanish veteran Guillermo Garcia Lopez 6-4, 6-3.

Kolar converted four of his eight break point chances to secure victory in one hour and 37 minutes. The 23-year-old will next take on No. 5 seed Maxime Janvier. The Frenchman edged past Daniel Masur from Germany 6-4, 6-3 in 69 minutes.

Lukas Lacko remains the highest-ranked player left in the singles draw. The No. 3 from Slovakia remained untroubled during his 6-2, 6-2 win over Spanish hard-court specialist Roberto Ortega-Olmedo. Lacko won 58 per cent of the total points played to advance in 61 minutes. Up next for Lacko will be Vit Kopriva from the Czech Republic, who upset No. 6 seed Alexey Vatutin of Russia 7-6(2), 7-6(4). The encounter lasted one hour and 51 minutes.

RESULTS – JANUARY 30, 2020
Men’s
Singles – Third Round
[14] Z. Kolar (CZE) d [1] G. Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 64 63
[3] L. Lacko (SVK) d [15] R. Ortega-Olmedo (ESP) 62 62
[16] M. Bourgue (FRA) d [4] E. Couacaud (FRA) 61 46 64
[5] M. Janvier (FRA) d D. Masur (GER) 64 63
V. Kopriva (CZE) d [6] A. Vatutin (RUS) 76(2) 76(4)
[9] M. Bachinger (GER) d [7] B. Zapata Miralles (ESP) 64 75
M. Zverev (GER) d [11] Q. Halys (FRA) 64 60
C. Ilkel (TUR) d [13] C. Lestienne (FRA) 46 75 63

Men’s
Doubles – Quarterfinals
[3] P. Raja (IND) / A. Shamasdin (CAN) d Z. Kolar (CZE) / S. Walkow (POL) 64 75
S. Clayton (GBR) / L. Glasspool (GBR) d [4] R. Galloway (USA) / H. Hach Verdugo (MEX) 67(3) 61 11-9
A. Golubev (KAZ) / A. Nedovyesov (KAZ) d [WC] E. Couacaud (FRA) / A. Olivetti (FRA) 64 67(3) 12-10
I. Sabanov (CRO) / M. Sabanov (CRO) d G. Garcia-Lopez (ESP) / R. Ortega-Olmedo (ESP) 61 63