Kimmer Coppejans plonks Mateo Nicolas Martinez to enter quarters – Boys’ Singles French Open 2012
In a battle between two 18-year-old rising stars, sixth seeded Kimmer Coppejans crushed Argentina’s Mateo Nicolas Martinez with a breadstick at the Boys’ Singles Roland Garros 2012 on Wednesday. He juggled up a 6-1, 6-3 victory against the world number 1234
to charge into the final eight at this major clay court tournament taking place in Paris, France.
Coppejans showed brilliant abilities to outrun the ninth seeded Argentinean in straight sets in their first encounter. After earned the fame in almost one hour, the Belgian booked a spot in the quarter-finals at this second of the four Grand Slam event.
The Belgian teenager thundered into the Court number 16 and drew the first blood in the second game to jump to a 2-0 lead. Despite squandering his edge in the very next game, he went on a four-game tear and pulled out the opener with a breadstick in 29 minutes.
Coppejans brushed off one out of two breakpoints he came across and capitalised on three out of four break chances to inch towards the glory.
Ranked 1921st in the South African Airways ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) World Tour Rankings, Coppejans kept momentum running into the proceeding set and earned the critical break in the fifth game to leap to a 4-2 lead. He held his
entire serves without facing any trouble and broke the Argentine’s serve once again in the last game, eventually sealing the set with a 6-3 win.
All in all, Coppejans nudged up a drastic first serve share of 51 per cent as compared to his rival’s 75 per cent but acceptably clicked 13 out of 23 points on it.
Next up for the Belgian seed is the conqueror of the match between Britain’s Kyle Edmund and second seeded Gianluigi Quinzi.
The eight seeded American, Mitchell Krueger, will accompany him in the last eight. He tumbled over the local challenger, Quentin Halys, in straight sets to advance at this prestigious event. Krueger dusted away two out of five breakpoints he faced and cashed
in half of the six break opportunities to manipulate a 7-6(6), 6-4 score line in 89 minutes.
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