Čeh je bio bolji od senzacije turnira, mladog Španca, Martina Landalusea u dva tijesna seta – 7:6 (1), 7:5 poslije okruglo dva časa velike borbe.
For Jiri, this is the first Masters semifinal in his career, and he became the sixth Czech to reach this stage of the competition in Florida.
There was only one break in the entire match, and it was made by Lehečka in the 12th game of the second set, when he used the tenth break point and the fourth match point.
As for the first set, it was decided in a tie-break that went convincingly (7:1) to the 22nd-ranked tennis player on the planet.
Lehečka now awaits the winner of the Tomi Paul – Artur Fis duel.
On the other hand, Landaluse, a member of the Rafael Nadal Academy, arrived in Miami through qualifying, knocking out three Top 20 players and this success will bring him an improvement of almost 50 places, putting him within reach of entering the Top 100.
