Portuguese tennis player Henrique Rocha qualified today for the quarter-finals of the Prague challenger, after eliminating Swiss Leandro Riedl, in two sets. In the second round, Rocha, 206th in the world rankings, beat Riedl, 148 .º, by double 6-4, in one hour and 19 minutes, qualifying for the third time for the quarter-finals of a ‘challenger’.
The young Portuguese, 20 years old and who has already won the Murcia challenger in Spain this season, will face in the quarters the North American Tony Kodat (370th) or the Frenchman Clement Chidekh (290th) .
Previously, Jaime Faria, 233rd in the hierarchy, had lost to German Rudolf Molleker, 166th, by 7-6 (7-4) and 6-1, in one hour and 22 minutes.
The two tennis players returned to action later, with Henrique Rocha and Jaime Faria securing qualification for the semi-finals as doubles, defeating the pair of Frenchman Constantin Kouzmine and Canadian Kelsey Stevenson in the quarter-finals, in three sets. .
The Portuguese triumphed 6-4, 6-7 (4-7) and 10-6, in a match that lasted one hour and 42 minutes.
In the semi-finals, the Portuguese duo will face the winners of the clash between the Indians Anirudh Chandrasekar and Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha, third seeds, and the Czechs Jiri Barnat and Jan Hrazdil.
