ANTWERP. Marius Copil downs Bemelmans in the qualifications

Marius Copil bests Ruben Bemelmans 6-4 6-4 in the qualifications in Antwerp on Sunday. Copil will face off with Antoine Hoang in the qualifications.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Romanian conquered in the 7^th game (4-3) before winning the set (6-4).

2^nd set.

Similarly to the 1^st set, the set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Marius conquered in the 3^rd game (2-1) before winning the set (6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Marius scored 58 points vs. Ruben’s 45 points.

Copil served exceptionally well to win 91% of the points (30/33) behind his first serve, and he won 60% points (12/20) on his second serve. Marius fired 15 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Marius was remarkable in converting all the break points (2/2). On the other side, the Belgian wasn’t able to conquer any break point. That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Copil and Bemelmans is 2-0 for Marius.

Next Match: Marius Copil vs. Antoine Hoang – stats

Copil will fight against Hoang in the qualifications.

There is no head to head record between Marius Copil and Antoine Hoang since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Antwerp

• Antoine HoangHoang – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-2 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Norbert GombosGombos – Kyle EdmundEdmund (6-4 6-7⁶ 6-3) – See score progression
• Paolo LorenziLorenzi – Arnaud BovyBovy (6-7⁵ 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Yannick MadenMaden – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
• Marius CopilCopil – Ruben BemelmansBemelmans (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Sergiy StakhovskyStakhovsky (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (6-3 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Feliciano LopezLopez – Cameron NorrieNorrie (0-1) – See H2H details
• Andy MurrayMurray – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (0-0) – See H2H details
• Pablo CuevasCuevas – Hugo DellienDellien (0-0) – See H2H details
• Gilles SimonSimon – Steve DarcisDarcis (0-1) – See H2H details
• Marius CopilCopil – Antoine HoangHoang (0-0) – See H2H details
• Guido PellaPella – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (1-2) – See H2H details
• Norbert GombosGombos – Yannick MadenMaden (0-0) – See H2H details
• Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Paolo LorenziLorenzi (0-0) – See H2H details
• Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Richard GasquetGasquet (0-0) – See H2H details
• Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (1-0) – See H2H details
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Jo-Wilfried TsongaTsonga (0-1) – See H2H details
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Jozef KovalikKovalik (0-0) – See H2H details