Damir and Mirza in the second round of the ATP in Sofia

Damir Džumhur defeated Jiri Vesely of the Czech Republic, who was ranked a high 51st on the ATP list, with a score of 6-3, 3-6, and 6-3. For the third time in three matches played, our best tennis player was better than the Czech.

Vesely opened the match better, making a break already in the 1st game, but Damir immediately returned, at 4-3 he made a new break and calmly finished the set. A somewhat worse opening by Damir cost him the loss of the second set. In the first 5 games, he won only 4 points, the Czech pulled away and won the set. In the deciding set, Damir made a break at the start, quickly took a 3-0 lead, easily held his serve until the end of the match, and deservedly advanced to the 2nd round, where he awaits the German Kohlschreiber. We will have 2 representatives in the 2nd round, where Mirza Bašić is also.

This is a tournament worth 520,070 euros. With these successes, Damir is in 74th place on the world tennis list, while Mirza is at the gates of the top 100.