ANTWERP. Copil tops Delbonis in the 1st round

EUROPEAN OPEN - ANTWERP. Copil bests Delbonis to come up against Diego Sebastian Schwartzman in the 2nd round

Marius Copil conquers Federico Delbonis 6-4 7-63 in the 1st round in Antwerp on Tuesday. Copil will square off with Diego Sebastian Schwartzman in the 2nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that the Romanian conquered in the 7th game (4-3) before winning the set (6-4).

2nd set.

Copil was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Delbonis in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Copil to win the set because the Argentine found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 8th (4-4) game. Marius kept his cool before winning the set at the tiebreak at 3.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Copil scored 74 points vs. Federico’s 60 points.

The Romanian served extremely well to win 82% of the points (31/38) behind his first serve, and he won 60% points (12/20) on his second serve. The Romanian won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 43% (3/7). On the other side, the Argentine was stunning in converting all the break points (2/2). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.

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

Next Match: Marius Copil vs. Diego Sebastian Schwartzman – stats

Copil will face Sebastian Schwartzman in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Marius Copil and Diego Sebastian Schwartzman face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sebastian Schwartzman (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Sebastian Schwartzman won 6-3 4-6 6-1 in the 1st round in Acapulco back in February 2019.

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