Potential trap for Lehecka?
Can the tricky left-hander from Slovenia bother the Czech?
IWell, a nice and relaxing opening round for Jiri - getting to face Popyrin, who is more or less a walking BYE in his current form. Lehecka was able to cruise on his serve and then take advantage of Popyrin's second serves and dips throughout the match... and there were quite many of them. All we can really take from that match is that Lehecka did the job without taking any extra detours. I think his grass season has been quite decent so far! Molcan had to fight a lot harder, facing Altmaier, who was having a great grass season and tends to be a good GS player. That match had lots of good exchanges and "grass-tennis"! Molcan was quite clutch in the key moments and played the match tactically well, pinning Altmaier into his one-handed BH corner a lot of the time (which, to be fair, he neutralized quite well with his slice). I was left with quite a good impression from Molcan's first round, but it's a different matchup that awaits now.
Lehecka is stronger on serve and more powerful than Altmaier. His backhand is also more reliable. I'm wondering how hard it will be for Molcan to have some control at times and move Lehecka around. If Molcan has to constantly defend on this surface, it will be hard, especially since Lehecka can come and finish points at the net; he is quite proficient there...


