Challenger Prague: Kohlschreiber on the early shift, Otte demands Wawrinka
At the ATP Challenger tournament in Prague today, Wednesday, the two most prominent players will go into their round of 16 games in the singles field: Stan Wawrinka will meet Oscar Otte, Philipp Kohlschreiber opens the matchday against local hero Michael Vrbensky.
by tennisnet.com
last edit: Aug 19, 2020, 08:01 am
Kohlschreiber has the honor of opening the game from 10:30 a.m. ( live in the stream on the ATP Challenger page ). The long-standing German number one initially refrained from participating in the German Men's Series during the Corona break, but was able to gain a little match practice as part of the International Premier League. In his first match, the fourth-placed Kohlschreiber won the domestic German duel against Mats Moraing in two sets, opponent Michael Vrbensky has also not lost a set in his two previous games.
By far the most prominent player in the Prague field is Stan Wawrinka. The Swiss has won three Grand Slam titles in his career so far, the renunciation of the US Open and the early entry into sand suggest that Wawrinka would like to attack again very big at the French Open at the end of September. The first appearance in Prague was not always easy for the current number 17 in the world, but in the end Wawrinka won 6: 1, 4: 6 and 6: 1 against the Russian Roman Safiullin.
With Oscar Otte, however, a dangerous opponent awaits Stan Wawrinka on Wednesday. Otte delivered one strong performance after the other in the German Men's Series, but had to retire in the final against Yannick Hanfmann due to injury. So far, Otte has not let anything go wrong in Prague: Neither against the veteran Malek Jaziri nor against the French Arthur Rinderknech, who was already successful in a Challenger this year, the German made a sentence.