Liam Broady and Marius Copil will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Biel Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Liam Broady who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Liam Broady is the pick to win this match.
Liam Broady -> 1.333
Marius Copil -> 3.16

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Prediction and head to head Liam Broady vs. Marius Copil

This will be the 2^nd time that Liam Broady and Marius Copil fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Copil (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they competed against each other, Copil won 6-2 6-1 in the 1^st round in the Indian Wells Challenger back in 2018.

Liam Broady

Ranked no. 161, Broady reached the semifinal after defeating Viktor Durasovic 6-1 6-4, Maximilian Neuchrist 6-4 7-5 and Gabriel Diallo 3-6 7-5 6-3.

In the quarter against Diallo, The Brit recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 6-3). During the match, Broady and Diallo scored the same amount of points (99). However, the world no. 161 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The Brit was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Regarding the service games, Broady made 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Liam Broady lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Broady put 60% of his first serves in, winning 67% (36/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (22/36) on the 2nd serve. Broady broke Diallo 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Liam has dropped 1 set in this tournament to conquer 52% of the points he played.

Broady has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (362-247). 11-2 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Broady has a compiled 105-63 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Vilnius Challenger where he defeated Zdenek Kolar in the final 6-4 6-4.

The Brit has a composed 18-5 win-loss record in 2023, 11-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Biel Challenger

Marius Copil

Ranked no. 422, the Romanian got to the semifinal after beating Noah Lopez 7-6⁴ 6-0, Saba Purtseladze 6-7¹ 7-6⁵ 7-6⁴, Marek Gengel 6-4 6-3, Dominic Stricker 3-6 6-2 7-6³ and Mika Brunold 6-3 6-3.

In the quarter, Copil had a good straight sets win against Brunold (6-3 6-3). During the match Copil scored 56 points vs Brunold’s 42. Copil was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Copil blasted 8 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Marius Copil was quite effective on serve to win 79% (26/33) of his 1st serve and 79% (11/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Romanian broke Brunold 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Marius started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Copil has a composed 13-4 win-loss record in 2023, 10-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Biel Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2022. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Broady	Copil
Match played	3	5
Tot Set	7	12
Tot Games	69	125
Pts	235-213	410-356
Total Points	448	766
Winners	97	182
%Winners	41%	44%

Broady played 3 matches while Copil competed in 5 matches. Copil started his run from the qualifications while Broady had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Liam Broady dropped 1 set, while Marius Copil lost 2 sets. Broady has played 5 set(s) less than Copil (7 vs 12). Therefore, Broady played 56 games less than Copil. The Brit scored 97 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Copil scored 182 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Broady	Copil
Aces	15	56
Avg per match	5	11.2
1st in	136/225	231/376
%1st in	60%	61%
1st pts	97/136	182/231
%1st pts	71%	79%
2nd pts	55/89	87/145
%2nd pts	62%	60%

Broady recorded 15 aces (5 per match). Copil struck 56 aces (11.2 per match). Broady won 71% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Copil won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Broady	Copil
Won	8	14
Converted	8/14	14/30
% Converted	57%	47%
Conceded	15	27
Saved	13	23
% Saved	87%	85%
Times Broken	2	4

The Brit broke his opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Brit lost his serve twice and he saved 87% of the break points that he conceded. The Romanian broke his opponents 14 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Romanian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded.

Broady
	R1 Durasovic	R2 Neuchrist	1/4 Diallo	Total
Score	6-1 6-4	6-4 7-5	3-6 7-5 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	17	22	30	69
pts	65-47	71-67	99-99	235-213
Total points	112	138	198	448
Winners	29	32	36	97
%Winners	45%	45%	36%	41%
SERVE
Aces	6	7	2	15
Double Faults	3	1	3	7
1st in	37/59	45/76	54/90	136/225
% 1st in	63%	59%	60%	60%
1st pts	29/37	32/45	36/54	97/136
% 1st pts	78%	71%	67%	71%
2nd pts	13/22	20/31	22/36	55/89
% 2nd pts	59%	65%	61%	62%
Breaks
Won	3	2	3	8
Converted	3/4	2/2	3/8	8/14
Converted %	75%	100%	38%	57%
Conceded	4	6	5	15
Saved	4/4	6/6	3/5	13
Saved %	100%	100%	60%	87%
Times Broken	0	0	2	2

Copil
	Q1 Lopez	Q3 Purtseladze	R1 Gengel	R2 Stricker	1/4 Brunold	Total
Score	7-64 6-0	6-71 7-65 7-64	6-4 6-3	3-6 6-2 7-63	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	2	3	2	12
Tot Games	19	39	19	30	18	125
pts	72-51	121-123	63-50	98-90	56-42	410-356
Total points	123	244	113	188	98	766
Winners	28	61	25	42	26	182
%Winners	39%	50%	40%	43%	46%	44%
SERVE
Aces	11	7	9	21	8	56
Double Faults	0	5	0	2	0	7
1st in	34/55	77/124	31/56	56/94	33/47	231/376
% 1st in	62%	62%	55%	60%	70%	61%
1st pts	28/34	61/77	25/31	42/56	26/33	182/231
% 1st pts	82%	79%	81%	75%	79%	79%
2nd pts	15/21	25/47	15/25	21/38	11/14	87/145
% 2nd pts	71%	53%	60%	55%	79%	60%
Breaks
Won	3	2	3	3	3	14
Converted	3/6	2/5	3/3	3/8	3/8	14/30
Converted %	50%	40%	100%	38%	38%	47%
Conceded	6	11	4	5	1	27
Saved	6/6	9/11	4/4	3/5	1/1	23
Saved %	100%	82%	100%	60%	100%	147%
Times Broken	0	2	0	2	0	4

Tennis Scores in Biel Challenger

• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (7-6⁴ 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
• Marius CopilCopil – Mika BrunoldBrunold (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Benjamin HassanHassan – Norbert GombosGombos (7-6² 6-2) – See score progression
• Liam BroadyBroady – Gabriel DialloDiallo (3-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Marius CopilCopil – Liam BroadyBroady (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Benjamin HassanHassan – Jurij RodionovRodionov (0-1) – H2H and prediction