Mixed fortunes for Czech tennis stars in Australian Open

The Czech Republic’s tennis players have been having something of a mixed time of it in the first round of the Australian Open. With Nicole Vaidišová already through on day one, Tomáš Berdych advanced to round two with a win over Austria’s Werner Eschauer on Tuesday. However, his girlfriend Lucie Šafářová went out to Catalina Castano of Columbia, while the former Czech men’s number one Radek Štěpánek has also packed his bags early in Melbourne – he lost to Vincent Spadea of the United States.