Sometimes the spectators were able to see the potential of the small Frenchman, but Karol Kucera could not be bothered by that. After a few breaks and a very compentent serve throughout the match, it was a logic consequence that Kucera won the game with 6:3, 6:3.

Nevertheless, Kucera was not able to repeat his brilliant performance against Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Russia) that he showed in the last round. He will have to increase his efficiency significantly to be victoriously against Arnaud Clement (France) or Ivan Ljubicic (Croatia) in the quarter final.