Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera dispatches Kopriva in the quarter – LIMA CHALLENGER RESULTS

LIMA CHALLENGER DRAW AND RESULTS. Barrios Vera ousts Kopriva to square off with Daniel Elahi Galan in the semifinal

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera vs. Vit Kopriva

Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera bests Vit Kopriva 6-74 6-3 6-2 in the quarter in the Lima Challenger on Friday. Barrios Vera will play against Daniel Elahi Galan in the semifinal.

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Kopriva won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (4-5) game, Vit broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th (5-5) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 7-4.

Tiebreak

Vit won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1), 6th (4-2), 10th (6-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Marcelo Tomas won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (2-3), 8th (3-5) and 9th (4-5) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4

The Czech converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (3-4 15-40) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Barrios Vera converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had his opportunities in the 5th (2-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (3-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 91 points. Kopriva won 5 more points than the Chilean (48-43). The Czech lost 20 points on serve (24-20). on the other side of the court, Barrios Vera conceded 24 points on serve (23-24).

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Chilean grabbed in the 4th game (3-1) prior to ultimately managing to win the set (6-3).

The Chilean converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 40-A). On the other side, Vit wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (1-1 30-40).

They contested 54 points. Marcelo Tomas conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Vit (30-24). Marcelo Tomas surrendered 9 points on serve (21-9). On the other side, the Czech conceded 9 points on serve (15-9).

Barrios Vera in this set was much more effective than Vit and consequently he won 6-2 after breaking Kopriva in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.

A crucial moment of this set was when the Chilean won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set to convert the game count from 0-1 to 5-1.

The Chilean converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Barrios Vera didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 52 points. Barrios Vera conquered the set after winning 10 more points than Vit (31-21). Marcelo Tomas dropped 7 points on serve (17-7). Regarding the other side of the net, Vit conceded 14 points on serve (14-14).

The Chilean will add to his prize money $ 1,050 after winning this match. He has won already $ 2,510 till now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, the Chilean will add $ 1,730 to his earnings to get in total $ 4,240.

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At the end of the match, the Chilean scored 104 points vs. the Czech’s 93.

Marcelo Tomas won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points since he converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, the Czech wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Barrios Vera and Kopriva is 1-0 for Marcelo Tomas.

Draw and next match H2H: Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera vs. Daniel Elahi Galan – stats

Barrios Vera will come up against Elahi Galan in the semifinal.

This will be the 2nd time that Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera and Daniel Elahi Galan square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Barrios Vera (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Barrios Vera won 4-6 6-3 7-65 in the final in Colombia F4 back in 2016.

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