Having entered the main draw after qualifying, Marius Kopil advanced to the first round of Marek Hengel’s candidate tournament in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland, which is 155 places higher in the world ranking.
Marius Kopil, in the second round in Biel/Bienne
Kopil won after two sets 6-4, 6-3 against an athlete from the Czech Republic. The game lasted one hour and 13 minutes.
In the second round, the Romanian athlete with the 422nd ATP rating will face the winner between Beibit Zhukaev and the tournament favorite, Swiss Dominique Stricker (118 ATP).
In qualifying, Aradean defeated Switzerland’s Noah Lopez 7-6(4), 6-0 and Georgia’s Sabu Pourtseladze 6(1)-7, 7-6(5), 7-6(4).
FlowBank Challenger Biel-Bienne will take place on March 20-26 in Switzerland on hard. In its third edition, the tournament offers a total prize pool of €118,000. Austrian Yuriy Rodionov became the overall winner.
Source: Hot News
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