Chennai Open | Svrcina stir the second seed of Harris, enters the quarterfinals

Czech Svrcina celebrates its upset victory. | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam

Dalibor Svrcina from the Czech Republic amazed the second seed of South African Lloyd Harris 6-1, 6-1 in the second round of Chennai Open ATP Challenger at the SDAT Tennis Stadium TU on Thursday.

12. The direct victory of Svrcina in India helped him advance to the quarterfinals.

Svrcina broke and Harris returned in the first two games. Harris simply did not catch crucial moments. At 2-1, Svrcina was lit twice to Harris’s hand of the turning point, but the other was counted to waste the advantage.

The Czech double lit on 4-1 so that Harris had another point of turning. This time Harris made three unforced mistakes for his opponent to raise 5-1.

The South Africans, which took place 1-5 and 40-40, made twice the errors to admit the file. The second set did not get anything better for him.

Svrcina attributed his victory to “physically prepared”, especially because he thought they played “intense warmth in the middle of the day”. He noted that his opponent “missed the rhythm of the match” and after several games he became “very tired”.

The 22-year-old, who played far from the base line, said he was focusing on “as much ball playing” because he knew that “returning” four or five balls “would be difficult for his opponent, especially in” terrible warmth. “

British Billy Harris’s best seed pushed Turk’s challenge Ergi Kirkin 6-3, 6-3 to secure the last eight berth.

Results (second round): Billy Harris (GBR) BT Ergi Kirkin (Tur) 6-3, 6-3; Dalibor Svrcina (CZE) Bt Lloyd Harris (SA) 6-1, 6-1; Kyrian Jacquet (FRA) BT Alexis Galalarneau (CAN) 6-2, 6-2; Shintaro Mocizuki (JPN) BT Michael Geerts (Bel) 6-4, 6-4; Timofey Skat (caries) BT Aslan Karasev (RUS) 6-4, 7-5; Olksandr Ovcharenko (UKR) BT Alexey Zakharov (RUS) 0-6, 7-6, 6-4.