ANTWERP RESULTS. Murray shocks Copil in the quarter

Andy Murray surprises Marius Copil 6-3 6-7⁷ 6-4 in the quarter in Antwerp on Friday. Murray will have to play Ugo Humbert in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Murray had a racing start in this set after breaking Copil in the 1^st game (1-0). Anyhow, there was more work to do for the Brit to win the set as Copil found the way to break back in the 4^th (2-2) game. The Brit maintained his focus to break Copil in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 9^th (6-3) game.

2^nd set.

The Romanian won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 4^th (1-3) game, Marius broke back in the 9^th (4-5) game before winning the set at the following breaker at 7.

3^rd set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Murray conquered in the 9^th game (5-4) before winning the set (6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Brit scored 104 points vs. Copil’s 92 points.

Andy served exceptionally well to win 87% of the points (39/45) behind his first serve, and he won 53% points (23/43) on his second serve. Andy won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points as he converted only 36% (5/14). On the other side, the Romanian didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (2/4). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this contest, the head to head between Murray and Copil is 3-0 for Andy.

Next Match: Andy Murray vs. Ugo Humbert – stats

Murray will play Humbert in the semifinal.

There is no head to head record between Andy Murray and Ugo Humbert since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Antwerp

• Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Gilles SimonSimon (6-3 6-7⁶ 6-2) – See score progression
• Andy MurrayMurray – Marius CopilCopil (6-3 6-7⁷ 6-4) – See score progression
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Guido PellaPella (5-7 6-4 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Andy MurrayMurray – Ugo HumbertHumbert (0-0) – See H2H details
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (0-1) – See H2H details